Cannie

This was true, for Geordie Sinclair was rather a "cannie" man, and had never been given to beating his children before. ❋ James C. Welsh (N/A)

Then wait a wee, and cannie wale [sensibly choose] ❋ Unknown (1999)

When yon lassie was singin 'sae bonnie, "John Anderson, my Jo," a' the fowk's heids were hingin '; but at "Scots wha hae" they sat up like life gairds, and ilky body near me lookit like's it wudna be cannie speakin' to them. ❋ J. B. Salmond (N/A)

Whereupon his lordship replied: 'Ay! ay! my cannie laddie! an' I was predestined to hang ye for't. ' ❋ Various (N/A)

The mate of the schooner was a cannie Scot; by name, ❋ Frederic S. Cozzens (N/A)

It was painful to leave such an agreeable companion, but then what a relief it was to escape from the cannie Scots! ❋ Frederic S. Cozzens (N/A)

As exponents of the cautious, cannie Scot we should think them a satire did we not know what a wild vein of Celtic wit runs through the granite foundation of his character. ❋ Various (N/A)

He was a very plain-looking Scotch lad and very cannie. ❋ Charles Roger (N/A)

‘I’ve laid about, steer’d about, laid about cannie, 25 ❋ Unknown (1910)

On the head of this auld Glen and I had another jug, three being cannie, after which we were both a wee tozymozy. ❋ Various (1909)

She turns the key wi 'cannie thraw, [cautious twist] ❋ William Allan Neilson (1907)

"Haud thy bletherin 'gab," Wilson said one day; "because ye have to be cannie wi 'the cream ye think ye must surely be clemm'd." ❋ Hall Caine (1892)

That the cannie monarch was capable of all this moral wrong and legal crookedness need not surprise any one who has investigated his antecedents and proclivities, but that he on coming to England should have developed that masterly power of warping great minds and bending the English Courts of Justice to his purposes, and even crunching its strong old oaken Bench and Bar into his own royal privy pocket, does surprise one. ❋ Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886 (1885)

"A 'admit that England micht hae dune the job; it's no cannie stravagin' yon wy frae place tae place, but Drums never complained tae me as if he hed been nippit in the Sooth." ❋ Ian Maclaren (1878)

"A 'admit that England micht hae dune the job; it's no cannie stravagin' yon wy frae place tae place, but Drums never complained tae me if he hed been nippit in the Sooth." ❋ Ian Maclaren (1878)

Faigs, it's no cannie to be muckle wi 'the body, for the Deil and Donald seem never separate. ❋ Ian Maclaren (1878)

They ca '(drive) cannie for a year or sae, but the feein' market puts the feenishin 'titch. ❋ Ian Maclaren (1878)

The idea of your going, in disguise, I suppose, and trying to talk over the Jewish clothiers and cannie Scotch traders, is one of the funniest things ❋ Unknown (1867)

The Irish Highlander, who denies, in a rich brogue, that any Irish are ever admitted into his regiment, and the cannie burgher from Aberdeen, who, on his return home from a visit to London, says it's an "awfu 'dear place; that he hadna' been twa oors in the toon when bang went saxpence," are types which raise a laugh all over the United ❋ Edwin Lawrence Godkin (1866)

[Australian] to [aussie] [Canadian] to cannie its very simple =) ❋ X-fallenangell (2007)

I [cannie] [wait]. ❋ Slitty Wrists (2017)

"I canny find me [brew]. Did [ya] [drink it]?" ❋ Gonji (2008)

Jeans and [hoodies] are a canny combination. My daily [routine] is a canny one. Being emo (and depressed all the time) is not very canny. [A teenager] acting like a baby is anything but canny. ❋ CannyVanni (2011)

1. She's a [canny lass] 2. That's [canny] good 3. A [hoodie] and jeans are a canny combination 4. I canny do it! ❋ Xelacalle (2011)

[Thats] canny [good]. She's canny [dead]. ❋ Lucky (2004)

[Ayee] [nigga] [you want some] canni? ❋ Chicko (2008)

[Oh you] have a [canny]? ❋ Mikcap (2010)

She's a [right] [canny lass] ❋ Julie (2004)

[That girl's] [dead] canny. ❋ Mikay (2005)