tam o'shanter
Example Sentences
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She went out obediently, walking up and down the paths with her hands in her jacket pockets, and her red tam-o'shanter pulled down over her eyes.
From The Gate of the Giant Scissors by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)
He seemed to have just scrambled out of a dust-bin in a tam-o’shanter cap and a tattered soldier’s coat much too long for him.
From Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Conrad, Joseph
The last three times I paid calls in Harmouth," said poor Kitty, "I sported a cycling skirt, the blousiest of blouses, and a tam-o'shanter over my left ear.
From The Divine Fire by Sinclair, May
But after a moment, at a recollection of sky-blue eyes underneath a sky-blue tam-o'shanter, he chuckled softly.
From Red-Robin by Richards, Harriet Roosevelt
Margaret came blithely along, her tam-o'shanter being a little late in seasonable style, but so becoming that the detail was forgotten in the entire effect.
From The Girl Scout Pioneers or Winning the First B. C. by Garis, Lilian
