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Definition of Thrummy
1. a. Like thrums; made of, furnished with, or characterized by, thrums.
Definition of Thrummy
1. Adjective. Like thrums; made of, furnished with, or characterized by, thrums. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thrummy
1. shaggy [adj -MIER, -MIEST] - See also: shaggy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thrummy
Literary usage of Thrummy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1886)
"... and since his death no farther step has been taken towards that end. THE thrummy
MITTEN. There's nane like what my granny wove, My thick and cosy ..."
2. Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1886)
"There's nane like what my granny wove, My thick and cosy thrummy mitten. I canna
thole your foreign glove, I like our ain auld ..."
3. The Bards of Angus and the Mearns: An Anthology of the Counties by Alan Reid (1897)
"Him by the sark tail Jonn did hand ; But thrummy jumpt upon the floor. ...
thrummy then ga'ea hasty jump, And took John in the ribs a thump, Till on the bed ..."
4. The Bards of Bon-Accord, 1375-1860 by William Walker (1887)
"For when the year grows cauld and auld, And Boreas snaw and sleet is spittin',
I hap my fingers frae the cauld Within my thick and thrummy mitten ..."
5. History of Glenbervie by George Henderson Kinnear (1895)
"thrummy ever forward goes to see what was wrong, and saw apparitions twa. ...
When the play was finished thrummy is intercepted on going to bed by the ghost ..."
6. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1886)
"In winter whan I yoke the ploo', My fingers would by frost be bitten, I find a
faithfu' freen' in you— My cosh and cosey thrummy mitten. ..."
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