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The Scarlet Pimpernel vocabulary
143 vocabulary words, including people, places, music, artists, etc.
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bonny
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► definition
Definition:1. attractive2. cheerful3. [Scotland] fine
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“It’s a bonny thing,” said he. “Just see how it glints and sparkles. Of course it is a nucleus and focus of crime. Every good stone is. They are the devil’s pet baits. In the larger and older jewels every facet may stand for a bloody deed.
Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
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“Eh, a bonny one, Sassenach or no,” said the man, a fat, greasy-looking sort, seated by the fire.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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[Sings] For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy.
William Shakespeare. Hamlet
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I remember the master, before he fell into a doze, stroking her bonny hair—it pleased him rarely to see her gentle—and saying, ‘Why canst thou not always be a good lass, Cathy?’
Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights (1847)
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