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    [Noun]  | "bairn" | \ ˈbern \


    1: child


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English bern, barn, from Old English bearn & Old Norse barn; akin to Old High German barn child;

    [Noun]  | "bairn" 


    1: a young person who is between infancy and adulthood;


      * e.g., " ... at the Scottish festival there were traditional contests of strength and endurance, Celtic fiddlers, and groups of bairns performing Highland flings "





     [ "bairn" ]

    1: A word used in Scotland/ North East England meaning child or baby.

      * e.g.,  ... 'She's got three bairns now.' 

     [ "bairn" ]

    1: common scottish slang for a child or baby

      * e.g.,  ... "Aye when you were just a wee bairn I used to mind you when your mam went tae the bingo." 

     [ "bairn" ]

    1: small child; solid excretum.

      * e.g.,  ... Don't go in the loo just yet, I've just dropped a bit of a nasty bairn. 


     [ "bairn" ]

    2: cf dropping the kids at the pool.

     [ "bairns" ]

    1: children in scottish

      * e.g.,  ... 'Av to collect ma bairns from da school' 

     [ "Bairns" ]

    1: Word used for fans of or players for Falkirk FC (central scotland); otherwise known as the "Falkirk Bairns"

      * e.g.,  ... "The wee falkirk bairns never miss a match" 

     [ "Shy Bairns Get Ne Tea" ]

    1: An alternate to Shy Bairns Get Nowt

      * e.g.,  ... "You know what they say - shy bairns get ne tea" 

     [ "Bairn" ]

    1: Bairn is the ultimate overlord of the obesity epidemic. His flag is his sexy stomach with all of it’s extremely hot stretch marks

      * e.g.,  ... All women:!Who’s that sexy demon? 

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