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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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TEENIE, prop. n. Sc. familiar form of the female name Christina. Sc. usages: a somewhat derogatory term for a junior domestic servant, a housemaid, a “skiffy”; an effeminate man. Gen. (exc. I.) Sc. Phrs. a greetin Teenie, a lachrymose, peevish or complaining person, male or female. Gen.Sc.; Teenie frae Troon, a somewhat garishly or tastelessly dressed woman, implying someone up to town for the day in rather incongruous finery (wm.Sc. 1972; Cai., Bnff., Ags., Fif., Edb., Gsw., Ayr., Rxb. 2000s). -frae the neeps, id. (Ags. 1972).Sc. c.1925 R. Thomas Sandie McWhustler's Waddin' 88:
Mrs Treecal, her hoosekeeper, had flyted on Trimmins, the wee teeny, for mislayin't.Rnf. 1935 L. Kerr Woman of Glenshiels 51:
“Teenie frae Troon,” her father shouted, “She's surely not going out in that rig.”Edb. 2004:
Ye look like Teenie fae Troon in that get up.