Lexicographical Neighbors of Puirer
Literary usage of Puirer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"English bribes were a' in vain; An' e'en though puirer we may be. Siller canna
buy the heart That beats aye for thine and thee. Will ye no come back again ? ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1894)
""That's my toon," he said, " an' I'm gaun back to'ta hantle sicht puirer than I
left it." Now that his eyes were directed to it, the Professor thought that ..."
3. The Christian Examiner (1851)
"Therefore keep up your courage, and wait your opportunity in a strictly legal
attitude, and t'ngland will very soon be in your •puirer We shall now demand ..."
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