deevil's-buckie

Updated: May 27, 2025

While these matters were in discussion, Madge Wildfire entered, and her first exclamation was, "Eh! see if there isna our auld ne'er-do-weel deevil's-buckie o' a mither Hegh, sirs! but we are a hopeful family, to be twa o' us in the Guard at ance But there were better days wi' us ance were there na, mither?"

Sir Walter Scott - The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1

While these matters were in discussion, Madge Wildfire entered, and her first exclamation was, "Eh! see if there isna our auld ne'er-do-weel deevil's-buckie o' a mither Hegh, sirs! but we are a hopeful family, to be twa o' us in the Guard at ance But there were better days wi' us ance were there na, mither?"

Sir Walter Scott - The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete