KailyardSchool

KailyardSchool
Kail·yard School (kālʹyärd') n.
A group of Scottish writers, including J.M. Barrie, who made considerable use of Scots dialect in their sentimental and romantic works about Scottish life.
  [Scots kailyard, kitchen garden : kail, kale (from Middle English kal. See kale) + yard2.]

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