"donsie" meaning in Scots

See donsie in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: donsy [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|sco|adjective}} donsie
  1. unfortunate, luckless, hapless
    Sense id: en-donsie-sco-adj-v81nxfha
  2. neat, trim
    Sense id: en-donsie-sco-adj-p6v2bn3X
  3. sickly
    Sense id: en-donsie-sco-adj-jgM6wP13 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 34 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 10 82 Disambiguation of Scots entries with incorrect language header: 7 37 56

Alternative forms

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