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Definition of Hawkie
1. a white-faced cow [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hawkie
Literary usage of Hawkie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Scottish Songs by Robert Chambers (1829)
"... hawkie ! ho, hawkie ! While cozie in the bield were ye; ... hawkie ! ho, hawkie !
And scaff and raff ye ay shall hae; ..."
2. Popular Ballads and Songs: From Tradition, Manuscripts and Scarce Editions by Robert Jamieson, William Randolph Hearst, James Ballantyne and Co (1806)
"... hawkie ! ho, hawkie !) We'll send him singin on his way; ... hawkie ! ho,
hawkie !) While cozie in the bield were ye; ..."
3. English Prose and Poetry (1137-1892) by John Matthews Manly (1916)
"I their only hawkie 2 docs afford, nt3 the hallan 4 snugly chows her Beneath the
stroke of heaven's avenging ne brings forth, ..."
4. Life Studies of Character by John Kelso Hunter (1871)
"He called at the matron's room to give her the news, and found hawkie seated ...
This was the first meeting of him and hawkie. After informing the matron as ..."
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