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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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FLINTY, adj. Sc. usage: keen, sharp, lively, of persons (s.Ayr. 1951). Also in n.Eng. dial.Ags. 1827 A. Laing Archie Allan 4:
Ah! then we were forward and flinty, and young, An' never ance ken'd what it was to be dung.Kcb.⁶ 1916:
She's a flinty wee thing.