descreeption

Scots

Noun

descreeption (plural descreeptions)

  1. description
    • 1907, Edward Noble, The Issue: A Story of the River Thames, page 252:
      "So set firm ani don't get skearet; fer if there's one thing ah'm in doot abaht, it's puddlin' arahnd in a sluckit-sasser o' this descreeption. Ah ca' it fair temptin' o' Proveedence—nowt else."
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    • 1998, Lee Reynolds, “An Sae The Wur Gan”, in Ullans‎[1], number 6:
      He saen tha quine o tha pair o thaim furst. “Nae muckle tae luik at,” wid hae bin a kynn descreeption o horr.
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