2. Noun. (Scotland) A cup or goblet for drinking wine. ¹
3. Noun. A decorative ring or plug at the end of the barrel of a pen. ¹
4. Noun. A small tart or miniature pie. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tassie
1. tass [n -S] - See also: tass
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tassie
| tast tastable tastant tastants taste taste-maker taste-tester taste blindness taste bud taste buds |
Literary usage of Tassie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1898)
"In 1775 Tassie published ' A Catalogue of Impressions in Sulphur of Antique and
... In his early days James Tassie worked as a stonemason, and his father's ..."
2. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1877)
"Go, fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie; That I may drink
before I go, A service to my bonie lassie. The boat rocks at the pier o' ..."
3. The Leading English Poets from Chaucer to Browning by Lucius Hudson Holt (1915)
"(RB) Go, fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie, That I may
drink before I go A service to my bonie lassie ! ..."
4. The Leading English Poets from Chaucer to Browning by Lucius Hudson Holt (1915)
"THE SILVER Tassie "This air is Oswald's; the fint hilf stanza: — " ' Go fetch to me
... (RB) Go, fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie, ..."
5. Historical and Descriptive Account of the Caricatures of James Gillray by Thomas Wright, Robert Harding Evans (1851)
"Tassie, of Leicester Square, the dealer in gems, was the fortunate gainer of the
grand prize, and the Shakspeare Gallery became his property. ..."
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