sark

Example Sentences

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He has been rowed in his mother's sark tail.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander

Then she's gi'ed him a little bane-knife, And frae her sark he cut a share; She's ty'd it round his whey-white face, But ay his head it aked mair.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various

He'll burn their hooses, take their very claes, and strip them to the very sark.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)

At the hinder end, he got a clearness in his mind, sat up in his sark on the bed-side, and fell thinkin' ance mair o' the black man an' Janet.

From Masterpieces of Mystery, Vol. 1 (of 4) Ghost Stories by French, Joseph Lewis

‘Ye wash, ye wash, ye bonny may, And ay’s ye wash your sark o’ silk’: ‘It’s a’ for you, ye gentle knight, My skin is whiter than the milk.’

From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank