Lexicographical Neighbors of Halflins
Literary usage of Halflins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Here and There in Two Hemispheres by James Duff Law (1903)
"... Again on Devon's banks he stray'd, And wi' his waning strength essay'dA posie
for his love to pu"; And the charming, tender lilt, halflins gentle, ..."
2. A Handbook of Employments Specially Prepared for the Use of Boys and Girls by Maria Matilda Ogilvie Gordon (1908)
"halflins " are much in demand, and are allowed, under trade union regulations,
to work for a year as ..."
3. The Bards of Angus and the Mearns: An Anthology of the Counties by Alan Reid (1897)
"I saw her een were sma' and red, And sunken deep into her head ; An1 aye for
grippin' me she mode, But naething spak' : I halflins ran, ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1885)
"IT'S but a month the morn Sin' a' was peace and plenty ; Oor hairst was halflins
shorn, ..."
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