Bairn
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /bɛərn/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bairn is a noun meaning (Scotland, and parts of Northern England) A child or baby.
Meaning
(Scotland, and parts of Northern England) A child or baby.
More Meanings
- (transitive, Scotland) To get (someone) pregnant.
Example Sentences
Go and kick the man that bairned your Nancy.
Just because he's signed up fir the fuckin army again, six bastard years this time, and bairned some slag.
Bobby Shaftoe's getten a bairn For to dandle in his arm; In his arm and on his knee, Bobby Shaftoe loves me.
She moved about the country like a ghost, gathering herbs in dark loanings, lingering in kirkyairds, and casting a blight on innocent bairns.
Word Forms
- bairns
- bairning
- bairned
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lad, bairnhood, grandbairn, childer, wean, bailie.
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