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Definition of Tinnies
1. tinnie [n] - See also: tinnie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tinnies
Literary usage of Tinnies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of Peeblesshire by William Chambers (1864)
"42! hills, and commanding a wide outlook northwards over the lower grounds, the
castle of tinnies must have been a place of greater strength than any of the ..."
2. Scottish Ballads and Songs, Historical and Traditionary by James Maidment (1868)
"In Chambers' History of Peebleshire, p, 421, there is a very pretty woodcut of
the ruins of tinnies Castle. " Placed on the top of a lofty pyramidal ..."
3. English and Scottish Ballads by Francis James Child (1866)
"... and tinnies baith, My bow and arrow purchased me. "And I have native steads
to me, ... and tinnies, have long belonged to the family of Buccleuch. ..."
4. English and Scottish Ballads edited by Francis James Child (1860)
"... and tinnies baith, My bow and arrow purchased me. sio "And I have native steads
to me, ... and tinnies, have long belonged to the family of ..."
5. Richard Kennoway and His Friends by Katherine Steuart (1908)
"and prettily dressed boys and girls carrying their little tinnies. This is the
hour for recognition and laughter on the Green; when the volunteers and the ..."
6. Richard Kennoway and His Friends by Katherine Steuart (1908)
"and prettily dressed boys and girls carrying their little tinnies. This is the
hour for recognition and laughter on the Green; when the volunteers and the ..."
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