Lexicographical Neighbors of Shawlie
Literary usage of Shawlie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The First World War, 1914-1918: Personal Experiences of Lieut.-Col. C. à by Charles à Court Repington (1920)
"One ' shawlie ' got on the step and looked in and examined her. ... Then a second '
shawlie ' got up and poked her head in and bawled out as she got down, ..."
2. The First World War, 1914-1918: Personal Experiences of Lieut.-Col. C. à by Charles à Court Repington (1920)
"One ' shawlie ' got on the step and looked in and examined her. ... Then a second '
shawlie ' got up and poked her head in and bawled out as she got down, ..."
3. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1897)
"... Au!d age with his plough has heen drawing deep furrows, And searing her cheeks,
castin' roses awa'. A wee tartan shawlie and plain goon o' wincey Is a' ..."
4. "Red-light" Recollections: Representing the Hitherto Unwritten Story of by P. Charles Carragher (1906)
"And boldly then addressed himself To lady in her ' shawlie'; She said ' So long,'
And ' Far-ye-gaen ?' He answered ' Med-cine Wallie. ..."
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