donsie

Scots

Alternative forms

• donsy

Etymology

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Adjective

donsie

1. unfortunate, luckless, hapless
   • 1787, Robert Burns, 'Address to the Unco Guid'

     Their donsie tricks, their black mistakes, / Their failings and mischances.

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2. neat, trim
3. sickly