Lexicographical Neighbors of Taupies
Literary usage of Taupies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1874)
"... from a' the stew and bustle o' the dinner, the hot fire, and the smell o' the
meat, and thae taupies that let one thing burn, and another boil over. ..."
2. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1857)
"There she might have staid by day ; but the children were frightened at her and
so were some of the silly taupies of nurse-maids ; and she herself, ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1874)
"... from a' the stew and bustle o' the dinner, the hot fire, and the smell o' the
meat, and thae taupies that let one thing burn, and another boil over. ..."
4. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1857)
"There she might have staid by day ; but the children were frightened at her and
so were some of the silly taupies of nurse-maids ; and she herself, ..."
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