Lexicographical Neighbors of Pownie
Literary usage of Pownie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fortnightly Review (1871)
"And wha's to tent the pownie ? There's mair in keeping a ... As to the grouse,
they can't cotch them with the pownie, for there ain't none to cotch. ..."
2. Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories: A by Robert Ford (1904)
"Yes, indeed, and that I can, Just as weel as ony man. Ca' a nail into the tae,
To gar the pownie climb the brae ; Ca' a nail into the heel, ..."
3. Selections from the Judicial Records of Renfrewshire: Illustrative of the by William Hector (1876)
"... or receive the horse or pownie from the Defender Eight Days after Sale, who
accordingly went to take away or receive the sd horse from the Defender, ..."
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