Lexicographical Neighbors of Gutchers
Literary usage of Gutchers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"Si Here's three permission bonnets for ye, Which your great gutchers wore before
ye ; An' if ye'J hae ..."
2. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"God be wi' auld lang syne, when our gutchers ate their trenchers. God help great
fowk, the poor can beg. God's help is nearer than the fair e'en. ..."
3. John Splendid: The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn by Neil Munro (1898)
"... of various ages, some of them old gutchers that had been better advised to be
at home snug by the fire in such a night or saying their prayers in ..."
4. John Cheap the Chapman's Library: The Scottish Chap Literature of Last by John Cheap, Dougal Graham (1877)
"... and our gutchers gade wi bare hips. Gie her a man I ill thief stap a gouk in
her arse first, that may cry cuckow when e'er she speaks o't; ..."
5. Proverbs, Proverbial Expressions, and Popular Rhymes of Scotland by Andrew Cheviot (1896)
"... when our gutchers (grandfathers) ate the trenchers. GUDE breeding and siller
make our sons gentlemen. GUDE cheer and cheap gars mony haunt the house. ..."
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