- bairns
- (Scotch.) Children.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
bairns
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The Bairns — FC Falkirk Voller Name Falkirk Football Club Gegründet 1876 Stadion Falkirk Stadium … Deutsch Wikipedia
shy bairns get nowt — (UK) An idiom primarily used by those from the North East of England, used to emphasize the fact that children who fail to ask for something (usually from an older person) probably won t succeed in obtaining it. (bairn = child, nowt = nothing) … The small dictionary of idiomes
Jock Tamson's Bairns — God s children … Scottish slang
Bairnsdale ulcer — Bairns·dale ulcer (bānzґdāl) [Bairnsdale, Australia, where early cases were observed] Buruli ulcer; see under ulcer … Medical dictionary
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