Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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COMICAL-TOMMY, n. comb. “A game of chance; the same as ‘Billy Fairplay'” (Sc. 1905 E.D.D. Suppl.). Not known to our correspondents.
[See Billy, n.1, 2.]