Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1828, 1900
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PARAPHERNALLY, n. Also paraffinelly. A flashy turn-out, an over-dressed appearance; a long rambling story, a tedious rigmarole, any event, affair, occurrence (Sc. 1911 S.D.D.).Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch xxii.:
I could not make out one word of his [a Frenchman's] paraphernally. It reminded me . . . of a wheen cats fuffing and fighting through ither.Gsw. c.1900 in Partridge Dict. Slang (1949) 1129:
There he was, dressed up wi' a' his paraffinelly.
