'I am just a sonsy Ayrshire lass and have come on my feet and not on wings. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825] Reference
John studied her face for a moment It was a sonsy and simple face, and her eyes were not unkindly. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
“Is she a pretty girl?” said the Duke; “her sister does not get beyond a good comely sonsy lass.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Mid-Lothian] Reference
Dan's smile was broader and broader, and I noticed the red blood flaming in the cheeks of our own sonsy dairy lassies, Liz and. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
Ye see, cook seems to belang more to a sonsy lassie than a mon. From Wordnik.com. [Fitz the Filibuster] Reference
I love to look on a young fellow with a sonsy face and a quick lively step. From Wordnik.com. [Rachel Ray] Reference
She was a big, sonsy woman, with full-blown peony cheeks and large, dreamy, brown eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Further Chronicles of Avonlea] Reference
Judging from her round, sonsy, rosy face, you never could have imagined her to have been mad. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Clearings versus the Bush] Reference
The door was opened by a servant whom he called Fernanda, a dark sonsy young woman of about thirty. From Wordnik.com. [Try Anything Twice] Reference
Little gold-striped Van Thol is very good too, – bright and sonsy and "peart," as our freedmen say. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening by Myself] Reference
She's a guid natur'd, sonsy luikin 'wife as ye wad see; an' for her een, they're jist sic likes mine ain. From Wordnik.com. [Malcolm] Reference
She listened to the talk of the men with a faint smile about her weary lips, her eyes upon the sonsy range. From Wordnik.com. [The House with the Green Shutters] Reference
` ` Is she a pretty girl? '' said the Duke; ` ` her sister does not get beyond a good comely sonsy lass. ''. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Mid-Lothian] Reference
He was as proud of the sonsy house as Gourlay himself, if for a different reason, and he used to boast of it to his comrades. From Wordnik.com. [The House with the Green Shutters] Reference
It was so pleasant to hear the sparrows and other small birds, and to see them, with their cheery voices and sonsy little heads, busy and happy. From Wordnik.com. [The Carpenter's Daughter] Reference
In the green valley of the Yarrow, near the castle-keep of Norham, dwelt an honest, sonsy little family, whose only grief was an unhappy son, named Robin. From Wordnik.com. [Fairy Book] Reference
A weel-favoured, sonsy, decent periwig on his pow. From Wordnik.com. [The Antiquary] Reference
A light gleamed through an open door, and Aunt Janet, a big, bustling, sonsy woman, with full-blown peony cheeks, came to welcome us. From Wordnik.com. [The Story Girl] Reference
Her sonsy face flushed. From Wordnik.com. [Rilla of Ingleside] Reference
Do flout the sonsy clover. From Wordnik.com. [A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales] Reference
Better be sonsy than soon up. From Wordnik.com. [The Proverbs of Scotland] Reference
He brought to me a sonsy vessel. From Wordnik.com. [The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1, November 1875 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad.] Reference
Quoth Rab to Kate, My sonsy dear. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century] Reference
There 's sonsy James, wha wears a wig. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century] Reference
Sae sonsy and sweet, sae fully complete. From Wordnik.com. [The Ronalds of the Bennals. 1780] Reference
A change came over her sonsy, smiling face. From Wordnik.com. [Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904] Reference
Quoth Rab to Kate, My sonsy clear, vol. ii. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century] Reference
And you were a sonsy lassie, fresh and pink. From Wordnik.com. [Krindlesyke] Reference
It's a sonsy bit swine. ". From Wordnik.com. [Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895] Reference
Sonsie, sonsy, pleasant, good-natured, jolly. From Wordnik.com. [Glossary] Reference
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