Lexicographical Neighbors of Hainches
Literary usage of Hainches
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poetica Erotica: A Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse by Thomas Robert Smith (1921)
"... to mount the Stool I downa' bide to think o't: Sae while 'tis time, 111 shun
the Crime, That gars poor Epps gae whinging, With hainches few, ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"Whs e'er wad thought our dainty wenche.i Wad gar their heads о'ег-gang thair
hainches ? To wear slim trash o' silk on a' thing», ..."
3. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1868)
"Dog on it," said James, giving a fidge with his hainches ; " Dog on it, as I am
a living sinner, that ¡a the head of a Willy goat. ..."
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