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adjective

Bonnie adj. See Bonny, a.

Bonny adj. (Spelled bonnie by the Scotch)

Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful. "Till bonny Susan sped across the plain." "Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr."

Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe. "Be you blithe and bonny." "Report speaks you a bonny monk, that would hear the matin chime ere he quitted his bowl."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bonnie" Quotes from Famous Books

... ain bairn,' answered the old lady. 'For many a weary week have we been looking for him, and never have our eyes rested on his bonnie face since the black day, near five long years ago, when he was carried away from us. Ah! it was a ...

— Will Weatherhelm - The Yarn of an Old Sailor • W.H.G. Kingston

... him to come at three," she said. "You'll be out then, Bonnie. When you come in we'll put the kettle on, and all have tea." She chanted it, to the old nursery tune. "Of course you'll come as well"—she addressed Kite—"say about four. It'll ...

— The Crown of Life • George Gissing

... dinna ye mind, Lord Gregory, By bonnie Irvinside, Where first I owned the virgin love I long, ...

— The Side Of The Angels - A Novel • Basil King

... had been introduced had asked to be allowed to pilot her to the refreshment-room, but she had insisted on sending Mellicent in her stead, and now had the pleasure of beholding that young lady standing in a distant corner, enjoying an animated conversation, and looking so fresh and bonnie among the anaemic town-bred girls, that more than one admiring glance was cast in her direction. Peggy's little face softened into a very sweet expression of tenderness as she watched her friend, and hugged the thought that ...

— More About Peggy • Mrs G. de Horne Vaizey

... MacLean, and that the Clan MacLean was beyond doubt the foremost, the oldest, and the best family that favored this wretched, hopeless world with residence. He hinted darkly at a villainous conspiracy that had deprived him of his estates and lairdships in dear old Stornoway, Bonnie Scotland. He was a pessimist of parts, and he furnished the needed shade that made ...

— Fire Mountain - A Thrilling Sea Story • Norman Springer

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