sonsie

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Zara herself seems a fresh and sonsie young woman who has emulated her mother as a world-ranking equestrian.

From The Guardian • Jul. 30, 2011

Poor Prince Charlie—so sonsie and braw, a fugitive in his own land—he fled to Loch Morich, followed by Maggie McWhistle in her plaidie, carrying some haggis and baps to comfort him in his exile.

From Terribly Intimate Portraits by Loraine, Lorn

Ere the sonsie moon was bricht, Clean awa' till mornin' licht, Mickle sleep was mine the nicht; Ha, ha, the wearin' o't!'

From Rhymes of the East and Re-collected Verses by Kendall, John (AKA Dum-Dum)

"Gin they had a sonsie doggie like Bobby to lo'e, an' an auld kirkyaird wi' posies an' birdies to leuk into, they wadna fecht sae muckle."

From Greyfriars Bobby by Atkinson, Eleanor Stackhouse

Fair fa' your honest sonsie face,  Great chieftain o' the puddin' race!

From James Nasmyth: Engineer; an autobiography by Smiles, Samuel