sonsy
Example Sentences
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Davey saw no more of her than her sonsy face, surrounded with the fair wisps of curls.
From The Pioneers by Katharine Susannah Prichard
David, as he trudged sorrowfully homeward across the fields, carried with him the mental picture of a plump, sonsy woman, in a trim dress of plum-coloured homespun and ruffled blue-check apron, haloed by candlelight.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
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 William Patten
There 's sonsy James, wha wears a wig, A widower fresh and canty, Though turn'd o' sixty, gaes fu' trig, He 's rich, and rowes in plenty.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers
"Is she a pretty girl?" said the Duke; "her sister does not get beyond a good comely sonsy lass."
From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2 by Sir Walter Scott
