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BONNET LAIRD

\bˈɒnɪt lˈe͡əd], \bˈɒnɪt lˈe‍əd], \b_ˈɒ_n_ɪ_t l_ˈeə_d]\

Definitions of BONNET LAIRD

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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Owner of a cottage and an acre or two of land; who wore, till lately, the old braid bonnet of the Lowland Scottish peasantry, broad, round, blue, with red tuft.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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