sark

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Hir sark suld be hir body nixt, Of chestetie so quhyt, With schame and dreid togidder mixt, The same suld be perfyt.

From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James

‘When thou hast gotten thy turns well done, Then come to me and get thy sark then.’

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

“I’m thinkin’, Willie,” he began as he saw me enter—“I’m thinkin’ ye hae catched a wet sark.

From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 by Willis, Herbert

There's ne'er a clean sark gae on my back, Nor yet a kame gae in my hair; There's neither coal nor candle licht55 Shall shine in my bouer for ever mair.

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

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