Lexicographical Neighbors of Tawtie
Literary usage of Tawtie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1882)
""Whaur can he hae gotten the siller, is what I say," observed tawtie Pate, ...
Pate was a contraction of Paterson, and tawtie was the cognomen or " to-name ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1887)
"V. tawtie. TATTIES AND DAB. Potatoes and salt : one of the simplest and cheapest
of meals. When the potatoes are laid on the table each person takes a ..."
3. Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words are by John Jamieson, John Johnstone (1867)
"tawtie, TATIK, ». The vulgar name for a potato, S. Gl. l'icten. tawtie-BOGLE, ».
A scarecrow, S. . ..."
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