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callant
n. (context Scotland English) lad, boy
Usage examples of "callant".
But I’d not give him much more than a few before we come back, slippery callant that he is.
But here we are nearer to Heugh-foot than to your house by twa mile,--hadna ye better e'en gae hame wi' me, and we'll send the callant on the powny to tell them that you are wi' us, though I believe there's naebody at hame to wait for you but the servants and the cat.