bairn

[ UK /bˈe‍ən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a child: son or daughter
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How To Use bairn In A Sentence

  • Tammas, ma puir fallow, if it could avail, a 'tell ye a' wud lay doon this auld worn-oot ruckle o 'a body o' mine juist tae see ye baith sittin 'at the fireside, an' the bairns round ye, couthy an 'canty again; but it's nae tae be, Tammas, it's nae tae be. Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners)
  • D'ye mean to tell me that Mysie 'ill be dwanged trailin' throo a 'eternity wi' a bit bairnie aucht days auld, an 'it never gettin' even the lenth o 'bein' doakit, lat aleen growin 'up to be able to tak' care o'ts sel? My Man Sandy
  • a stranger suld lack what we have, though we are jimply provided for in beds rather; for Jenny has sae mony bairns (God bless them and her) that troth I maun speak to Lord Evandale to gie us a bit eik, or outshot Old Mortality
  • Twa bairnies, twa callans, that skelp o'er the leas, The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century
  • ` ` The bairn was a blessing --- that is, Jeanie, it wad hae been a blessing if it hadna been for my mother; but my mother's a queer woman. The Heart of Mid-Lothian
  • I jist tuik the towie (string) into the bed wi 'me, and whan the bairnie grat, I waukit, an' rockit it till Robert Falconer
  • I dinna consort wi 'shoplifters, an' idiots, an 'suckin' bairns -- wi 'long nose, an' short nose, an 'pug nose, an' seventeen Deuks o 'Wellington, let alone a baker's dizen Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography
  • My hert was some sair at this, for ye see I was set upo 'winnin' intil the presence o 'him I couldna bide frae, an' at that time I hadna learnt to gang straucht to him wha's the express image o ''s person, but, aye soucht him throuw the philosophy -- eh, but it was bairnly philosophy! Donal Grant, by George MacDonald
  • I remember checking a maid because she sang some bairnly kickshaw while my mind was thus engaged; and my asperity brought about my ears the enmity of all the petticoats about the house; of which I reeked very little, but it amused Mr. Henry, who rallied me much upon our joint unpopularity. Persecutions Endured
  • Fairbairn entered the ministry of the Evangelical Union in Scotland.
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