Or look at the following ill-paired pair-- 'Of all these maidens mild as mead, Was none so jimp as Gillie.
And wha will bind my middle jimp Wi' a lang, lang linen band?
They father, he will shoe thy foot, Thy brother will glove thy hand, Thy mither will bind thy middle jimp Wi' a lang, lang linen band.
And there were harpings loud and sweet, And ladies dancing, jimp and sma; He clapped his hands, and ere I wist, He sank and saunted clean awa.
There were pipers playing in every neuk, And ladies dancing, jimp and sma, And aye the owre-turn o their tune Was 'Our wee wee man has been lang awa.
And there were dancing on the floor, Fair ladies jimp and sma; But in the twinkling o an eye, They sainted clean awa.
When we came to the stair-foot, Ladies were dancing, jimp and sma, But in the twinkling of an eye, My wee wee man was clean awa.
When we cam there, wi wee wee knichts War ladies dancing, jimp and sma, But in the twinkling of an eie, Baith green and ha war clein awa.
Wha is't that sits next the wa', But Lady Mouse, baithjimp and sma'?
And I presume that that neat little baggage in the corner of the shop with the jimp waist and well starched cap was the fair cause of this trifling jealousy--am I right?
She has twa weel-made feet; Far better is her hand; She's as jimp in the middle As ony willow-wand.
His dress was jimp and artful, with tie and socks of the latest and most vivid mode.
And wha will lace my middle jimp Wi' a new-made London ban'?
And wha will lace my middle jimp Wi' a lang, lang linen band?
O then bespake her dochter dear, 65 She was baith jimpand sma, "O row me in a pair o' shiets, And tow me owre the wa.
Her brow is like the snaw-drift, Her throat is like the swan, She's jimp about the middle, Her waist ye weel micht span.
How are they to know that the "jimp middle" of the ballads was in its jimpness in proportion to the shoulders?
Here it might be said that the evident youth of the girl, who was dropped over the wall and fell on the point of the cruel Gordon's spear, accounts for her being "jimp and sma'.
The smoke was suffocating when, Oh than bespaik her dochter dear: She was baith jimp and sma', etc.
The other was the master; and my grandfather halted his horse to look at him as he passed, for he was evidently no common man nor mean personage, though in stature he was jimp the ordinary size.
O I's gar shoe thy bony foot, And I's gar glove thy hand, And I's gar bind thy midle jimp With the broad lilly band.
Or who will bind my midle jimp With the broad lilly band?
And who will lace my middlejimp Wi this lang London whang?
Your father will shoe your fu fair foot, Your mother will glove your hand; Your sister will lace your middle jimp Wi the new made London band.
Meantime the dreaded arrival of Bohemond, Prince of Tarentum, had actually taken place.
Sultan Camhel was by no means scrupulously kept by either side.
Your father will shoe your fu' fair foot, Your mother will glove your hand; Your sister will lace your middle jimp Wi' the new-made London band.
She has twa weel-made feet; Far better is her hand; She's as jimp in the middle As ony willow wand.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "jimp" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
