'Ha, ha, Patie lad!' quo Bessie Elliot, a free-spoken Liddesdale hempy, 'there's a wife com'd for ye the night, Patie lad.'
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Hempie
Synonyms for "hempie" (6 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (3)
Noun(2 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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Sample sentences
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“Ay, ay,” answered Rob, “she's under lawfu' authority now; and full time, for she was a daft hempie[…]”
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The forst one's just as prood as us, / Te see his bonny mate, / An' if thor spared te grow up lads, / They'll fettle real forst-rate; / But if like hempy lads they fight, / We'll heh to keep them doon, / An’ try te myek them byeth as gud / As ony in the toon.
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