Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1806-1807, 1880, 1941
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‡FITTIEFIE, n. Also fitty-fy, -fa. ne.Sc. form of Whittywhaw, a whim, fancy, fussy action (Abd.27 1950); a quirk, quibble (Abd. 1825 Jam.). [′fɪte′fɑe, -′fɑ:]Abd. a.1807 J. Skinner Poems (1809) 106:
Your philosophic fitty fies Tho' clad in sweet pockie guise, The ladies will them a' despise.Abd. 1880 G. Webster Crim. Officer 38:
I made some little fittiefies forder, jist to keep her newsin'.Abd. 1941 C. Gavin Black Milestone xv.:
Aye some fittie-fa' wi' him.
