Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dialectal (Scotch) or obsolete form of
saint . - noun A variant of
saint , cent, 4 (a game).
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Examples
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"Are you Georsh's saunt?" he inquired of a tall man with white side-whiskers and garbed in ministerial black.
Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers Various
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From Romulus, who was the firste founder, and builder of that Citee: the Romaines bothe had their name of hym, and grew afterward to marueilous pui - saunt roialnes.
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A'thegither he was desperate impudent, and eneuch to try the patience of a saunt, no to spak o 'a het-bluided
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 275, September 29, 1827 Various
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[Sidenote: A wise cogi - tacion.] saunt and fruictfull: yet so I do not trust time, as that like pleasure should alwaies remaine, or that fruictes should alwaies of like sorte abounde.
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Laurie had walth o gearcould hunt wi the hound and rin wi the hareand be Whig or Tory, saunt or sinner, as the wind stood.
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Wen dey kum up so bol 'an' brave de Giby'nites wuz skeer'd out'n dere senses, an 'dey saunt word ter Joshwer dat dey wuz in troubl' an 'he mus' run up dar an 'git 'em out.
John Jasper: The Unmatched Negro Philosopher and Preacher William Eldridge 1908
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Laurie had wealth o gear, could hunt wi the hound and rin wi the hare, and be Whig or Tory, saunt or sinner, as the wind stood.
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"Please, sir," said a new maid -- in place of one who had gone home fever struck and had died -- "yo 'lady saunt me fo' to tell you yo 'little boy a sett'n on de back steps an' sayin 'his head does ache him, an' she wish you'd 'ten' to him, 'caze she cayn't leave his lill' sisteh, 'caze she threaten with convulsion'."
Strong Hearts George Washington Cable 1884
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Laurie had wealth o 'gear, could hunt wi' the hound and rin wi 'the hare, and be Whig or Tory, saunt or sinner, as the wind stood.
Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) Various 1878
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She was noticing the violent emotion exhibited by Mr. Bruce of Kinnaird, the Abyssinian traveller, at the sad event which had just taken place, and added, in the following quaint and caustic terms, “There's Kinnaird greeting as if there was nae a saunt on earth but himsel 'and the king o' France.”
Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Ramsay, Edward B 1874
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