Lexicographical Neighbors of Tirrivies
Literary usage of Tirrivies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Waverley, Or Tis Sixty Years Since by Walter Scott (1880)
"... his tirrivies." CHAPTER LXX. DULCE DOMUM. THE impression of horror with which
Waverley left Carlisle softened by degrees into melancholy, ..."
2. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1859)
"... tirrivies." The expressive lineaments of Paganini's face told a powerful tale
of passions which had been fearfully excited, which might be raised ..."
3. The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last by Walter Scott (1833)
"... for that matter, when he wasna in ane o' his tirrivies." All was now in a
bustle to prepare for the nuptials of Edward, an event to which the good old ..."
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