sonsy

Example Sentences

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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

Davey saw no more of her than her sonsy face, surrounded with the fair wisps of curls.

From The Pioneers by Prichard, Katharine Susannah

"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 Scott, Walter, Sir

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 Fairy Book by May, Sophie

Judging from her round, sonsy, rosy face, you never could have imagined her to have been mad.

From Life in the Clearings versus the Bush by Moodie, Susanna