He tried first to bluster and swear, denied the truth of my assertion, calmed, blustered again; in short, gaed through a' thae useless and affected turns and movements that a hooked salmon taks the unnecessary trouble to do before it turns up the white o' its WAME.
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton
"'Now here iss this fat little man sittin' before me with his suit o' blue clothes so bonnie and dainty, and a watch guard as thick as my finger on his WAME, smilin' an' smirkin', and real well contented with himself, but if he wass opened up what a sight it would be for men and angels.
"Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush"
Ian Maclaren
Hauding Sara by the WAME.
"Ulysses"
James Joyce
