Ald
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Historical Examples
Why, nowte varry particlar, only ald Wudsworth’s brocken lowce ageean.
The English Lakes A. G. Bradley
But she changed her key when she heard the ald lady’s words.
Madam Crowl’s Ghost and The Dead Sexton Joseph Sheridan LeFanu
And after that Ruskin and “ald Will Bell” were firm friends in spite of differences.
Ruskin Relics W. G. Collingwood
The river ald runs on the south side, and forms a convenient quay.
Curiousities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol. 1 Thomas Dugdale
At the corner of this area is a charity school, established on the bounty bequeathed by ald.
A Walk through Leicester Susanna Watts
She was drivin’ on right for me, wi’ her ald shrivelled hands crooked as if she was goin’ to claw me.
Madam Crowl’s Ghost and The Dead Sexton Joseph Sheridan LeFanu
The draft of an address which had been prepared by a committee of the citizens, and another by ald.
Reminiscences of a Canadian Pioneer for the last Fifty Years Samuel Thompson
Immediatlie after dennar, the fyre was prepaired befoir the ald Colledge, and he led to the place of executioun.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
It was, then, for the first time I heard what I suppose was the ald lady talking.
Madam Crowl’s Ghost and The Dead Sexton Joseph Sheridan LeFanu
And she managed her husband, the ald squire, wi’ her white-heft and flatteries.
Madam Crowl’s Ghost and The Dead Sexton Joseph Sheridan LeFanu
abbreviation
Alderman
ALD abbr.
adrenoleukodystrophy
adrenoleukodystrophy
alderman
alderwoman
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