A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1686
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Up-tails-aw, n. phr. [e.m.E. vp-tailes all (Jonson); Tail n. 5.] A song title, used allusively of sexual intercourse. —1686 G. Stuart Joco-Ser. Disc. 28.
He led her back into the haw And there he play'd her up tails aw
