Lexicographical Neighbors of Toustie
Literary usage of Toustie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"toustie, quarrelsome, irascible, contentious, twisty. ... was a wee toustie, when
you rubbed him against the hair, but a kind, weel-me.ming man. ..."
2. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"... &c., from A.-S. fe-оя, ducere, trahere, " to tow, to tug;;e ;" vo. Teon.
toustie, adj. Irascible, testy, Loth. Tent, fi' iH'j/i, ..."
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