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TOANSIL, n. Sc. form of Eng. tonsil.m.Sc. 1979 William J. Tait in Joy Hendry Chapman 23-4 (1985) 37:
Nou, ayont the trees
Whase ilka branch maun be booed doon
Wi a toansil-happy franc-tireur,
There liggs a nest, an eyrie, quate
This fifteen months.Edb. 2004:
Even in the sixties some doacters whippit oot yer toansils whether they needit tae or no!
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