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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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FASHERIE, n. Also fashery, †fashrie. Trouble, annoyance (Abd., Fif., wm.Sc. 1942); fuss, unnecessary ceremony, and, by extension, any unnecessary ornamentation, trimming, etc. (Slk. 1950). Also in n.Eng. dial.Sc. 1727 R. Wodrow Corresp. (1843) III. 287:
My great concern is the fashrie this will bring two persons whom I so much honour.Edb. 1811 H. Macneill Bygane Times 51:
Then, whan our bairns cam out thegither To see their auld dad, and fond mither, . . . Wadna ilk warldly fashery flee us?Sc. 1820 Scott Monastery iv.:
You kirk-folk make sic a fasherie about men shifting a wee bit for their living!Ayr. 1833 Galt Howdie, etc. (1923) 237:
Keep the bairn this afternoon; it will not be a long fashery.Rxb. 1847 J. Halliday Rustic Bard 317:
Welcome . . . To fashries and flytings, while we maun sit dumb.em.Sc. 1912 W. Cuthbertson Dykeside Folk 193:
Ye'd hae the same fasherie the nicht efter, an' I'm thinkin' you'd get tired afore hiz, at that employ.Dundee 1991 Ellie McDonald The Gangan Fuit 27:
Tae win awa, tae courie doun,
tae courie doun, aiblins tae dream
aye that's the fasherie.
