birkie

But the truth is, that the friar was the greatest man o' the twa; and that auld birkie was right sair cowed in his presence.

The young birkie had neither hat nor shoon, but he did not spare the stick; round and round they flew like mad.

It wad be better telling ye to answer ceevilly a ceevil question, my birkie.

The birkie doesna stand in need o' cash; for he gies saxpence to this ane, and a shillin to the tither ane, for gangin errans.

She was nine-and-twenty, and a birkie woman of nine-and-twenty can make a good husband out of very unpromising material.