Meaning & use
ain
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A Scots dialect word meaning 'own,' as in belonging to oneself.
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She wouldnae leave her ain house for anyone.
He built the cottage with his ain two hands.
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Common in Scots literature, including the poetry of Robert Burns, and still heard in Scottish dialect speech today.
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