half-drooned

Updated: May 20, 2025

I will, very readily, pay for my accommodation." "A nicht's quarters, frien," replied Adair. "Oh, surely, ye'll get that, an' welcome. Walk in. Save us, man, but ye hae gotten a soakin! Ye're like a half-drooned rat. But stap in, stap in. There's a guid fire there in the kitchen and I'm sure ye're no out the need o' a blink o't."

- Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17