god-bairn gift
English
Etymology
From Scots.
Noun
god-bairn gift (plural god-bairn gifts)
- (obsolete) A gift for a grandchild
- 1688 [c. 1583], Alexander Montgomerie, The Flyting Betwixt Polwart and Montgomery, page 23:
- For they their god-bairn gifts wowld give, […]
Further reading
- “god-bairn gift, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.