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Doon (d  n), river, c.30 mi (48 km) long, South Ayrshire and East Ayrshire, SW Scotland, flowing NW through Loch Doon (6 mi/9.7 km long) to the Firth of Clyde S of Ayr. Robert Burns celebrated its beauty in his poetry. |
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They've not doon me a kindness, ma'am, as I know and feel. Why didn't 'ee punch his head, or lay theeself doon and kick, and squeal out for the pollis? Then would Kim return soft-footed through the soft dust to his master under the shadow of a mango-tree or the thinner shade of a white Doon siris, to eat and drink at ease. |
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