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Doon

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Doon  (dn)
A river, about 48 km (30 mi) long, of southwest Scotland flowing through Loch Doon to the Firth of Clyde south of Ayr. The river is immortalized in the poetry of Robert Burns.

doon, doun [duːn]
prep & adv & adj
a Scot word for down1


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They've not doon me a kindness, ma'am, as I know and feel.
Why didn't 'ee punch his head, or lay theeself doon and kick, and squeal out for the pollis?
Then would Kim return soft-footed through the soft dust to his master under the shadow of a mango-tree or the thinner shade of a white Doon siris, to eat and drink at ease.
 
 
 
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