Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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¶FLYFE, n. A caper, a whim, a “flutter.”Gsw. 1877 A. G. Murdoch Laird's Lykewake 196:
The auld preachin' bodie has tuk a daft flyfe, An' kiss'd in the by-gaun the cobbler's wife.
