Example sentences from the Web for sorn

The grave-digger of Sorn, Ayrshire, was as selfish and as mean a sinner as ever handled mattock or carried mortcloth.
Amusing Prose Chap Books|Various
Mr. Alexander Peden was born in the parish of Sorn in the shire of Air.
Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies)|John Howie
I told her how Sorn had gotten careless with its hydrogen atoms and had blown itself over half of creation.
Zen|Jerome Bixby
We only once met with the cockchafer in Scotland, at Sorn, in Ayrshire.
Insect Architecture|James Rennie

Davas, was a word, too, and ta- was a common prefix; sorn and hulva were both common words.
Omnilingual|H. Beam Piper

sorn

/ (sɔːn) /

verb

(intr, often foll by on or upon) Scot to obtain food, lodging, etc, from another person by presuming on his generosity

Word Origin for sorn

C16: from earlier sorren a feudal obligation requiring vassals to offer free hospitality to their lord and his men, from obsolete Irish sorthan free quarters

Words nearby sorn

sorghum beer, sorgo, sori, soricine, sorites, sorn, soroban, Sorocaba, Sorokin, Sorolla y Bastida, soroptimist

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单词	sorn
释义	Example sentences from the Web for sorn The grave-digger of Sorn, Ayrshire, was as selfish and as mean a sinner as ever handled mattock or carried mortcloth. Amusing Prose Chap Books\|Various Mr. Alexander Peden was born in the parish of Sorn in the shire of Air. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies)\|John Howie I told her how Sorn had gotten careless with its hydrogen atoms and had blown itself over half of creation. Zen\|Jerome Bixby We only once met with the cockchafer in Scotland, at Sorn, in Ayrshire. Insect Architecture\|James Rennie Davas, was a word, too, and ta- was a common prefix; sorn and hulva were both common words. Omnilingual\|H. Beam Piper sorn / (sɔːn) / verb (intr, often foll by on or upon) Scot to obtain food, lodging, etc, from another person by presuming on his generosity Word Origin for sorn C16: from earlier sorren a feudal obligation requiring vassals to offer free hospitality to their lord and his men, from obsolete Irish sorthan free quarters Words nearby sorn sorghum beer, sorgo, sori, soricine, sorites, sorn, soroban, Sorocaba, Sorokin, Sorolla y Bastida, soroptimist Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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