Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unlucky.
- Restive; unmanageable.
- Affectedly neat and trim: implying the idea of self-importance.
- Sickly; ailing: as, he's sair kep'n doon wi' a donsie wife and donsie bairns.
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Examples
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Ye wad na ben sae donsie, O. Ive seen the day ye butterd my brose,
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Their donsie tricks, their black mistakes, [restive]
Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907
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Ye wad na been sae donsie, O; [would not have, testy]
Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907
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I was roused from my sleep by the sharp motion of the vessel; but did not get very wide awake, for I felt donsie and there was a dull ringing in my head along with a great dull pain.
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The Lowland Scotch has _donsie_, "unfortunate, stupid."
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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But what is to become of the poor donsie woman, no one can expound.
The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family John Galt 1809
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Ye wadna been sae donsie, O! I've seen the day ye butter'd my brose,
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Don†™ t forget about the dialect: dauncy / donsie, faunch, and jockey box
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Don†™ t forget about the dialect: dauncy / donsie, faunch, and jockey box
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Don†™ t forget about the dialect: dauncy / donsie, faunch, and jockey box
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June 24, 2011