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Weir of Hermiston choose

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[Scot] R.L. Stevenson Weir of Hermiston 287: cantie, cheerful.
at canty, adj.1
[Scot] R.L. Stevenson Weir of Hermiston 102: Harum-scarum, clodpole young lairds of the neighbourhood paid him [...] a visit.
at clodpole, adj.
[Scot] R.L. Stevenson Weir of Hermiston 287: cuddy, donkey.
at cuddy, n.1
[Scot] R.L. Stevenson Weir of Hermiston 289: Jo, sweetheart.
at joe, n.1
[Scot] R.L. Stevenson Weir of Hermiston 287: Auld Hornie, the Devil.
at old hornie (n.) under old, adj.
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