sonsy

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Sarah was delighted, so was the nurse—a young sonsy Scotch lass brought to the station on purpose to attend to baby.

From From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New by Stables, Gordon

Quoth Rab to Kate, My sonsy dear, I 've woo'd ye mair than half a-year, An' if ye 'd wed me, ne'er cou'd speer Wi' blateness, an' the care o't.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles

By Sophie May In the green valley of the Yarrow, near the castle-keep of Norham, dwelt an honest sonsy little family, whose only grief was an unhappy son, named Robin.

From The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales by Patten, William

Quoth Rab to Kate, My sonsy clear, vol. ii.,

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles

She was a big, sonsy woman, with full-blown peony cheeks and large, dreamy, brown eyes.

From Further Chronicles of Avonlea by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)