"Loof" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... maybes think mair o' the bonny norland quey than ye think o' the bit Gallowa' calf. But God speed ye, I say, for gin ye bringna back the wee lass that's heir to the braid lands o' Thrieve, it's an ill chance Ninian Halliburton has ever to fill his loof wi' the bonny gowden 'angels' that (next to high heeven) are a man's best freends in ...
— The Black Douglas • S. R. Crockett
... maun winnow it wi' your loof, (Blaw, blaw, blaw winds, blaw,) And ye maun sack it in your glove; (And the wind has ...
— Ballad Book • Katherine Lee Bates (ed.)
... gied his nose a thraw, And aye he crook't his mou; And aye he cockit up his ee And said, Tak tent the noo! We snichert hint oor loof, my man, But never said him nay; As gien he had been a prophet, man, We loot him say his say: ...
— Poetical Works of George MacDonald, Vol. 2 • George MacDonald
... your bree," she said. "There's a bonny lassie that has bricht een, and there's a wee man in a braw coat, and a big man in a pouthered wig, and there's the shadow of the wuddy,[10] joe, that lies braid across your path. Gie's your loof, hinny, and let Auld Merren spae ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson |
