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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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TIN, n. Sc. usages, esp. in dim. forms tinnie, tinny, †tinnikin: 1. A small tin mug or drinking vessel, esp. one used by children (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Uls. 1953 Traynor).
Also as used by tradesmen, labourers. Gen.Sc. Hence tinniefu, a mugful, tinny-kit, a tin bowl (see Kit, n.1, 1.), tinnie-pannie, a child's mug (Fif. c.1850 Peattie MS.).Sc. 1861 E. B. Ramsay Reminisc. II. 61:
A kiss and a tinniefu o' cauld water maks a gey wersh breakfast.Ayr. 1879 J. White Jottings 189:
Poor beggar loons. . . . Content to trudge wi' tinnies sma!em.Sc. 1881 A. Wardrop Poems 98:
While she'll mask tea in her wee tinnie.Kcb. 1896 Crockett Cleg Kelly viii.:
He brought his mistress a drink in a little tinnikin.Sh. 1898 W. F. Clark Northern Gleams 163:
Some water in a tinny-kit.Knr. 1917 J. L. Robertson Petition to Deil 11:
Tykes wi' tinnies at their tail.Ork. 1920 J. Firth Reminisc. 11:
The bowls and tinnies for family use.Fif. 1952 B. Holman Behind the Diamond Panes 74:
Armed with a “tinny” each, they boarded these carts and the procession started.Edb. 1991 Dae Ye Mind ...? Volume Three of Stories and Memories from Members of St. Ann's Reminiscence Group 14:
Many
a good day was had at the annual Sunday School Picnic. All dressed up
and a tinny on a long piece of tape strung round our shoulders - off we
would go to meet at the Church door, ... Gsw. 1993 Margaret Sinclair Soor Plooms and Candy Balls 31:
Pick up yer tinny, wean, there ye are and away ye go,
Staun beside the other weans, stop runnin' to an' fro. Edb. 2004:
Tea aye tastit better oot o ma faither's tinnie.
2. An epithet for a tinsmith (ne.Sc., Ags., Lnk., Rxb. 1972). See -Ie, suff., B. 2.; a tinker.Ayr. 1896 H. Johnston Dr Congalton i.:
Tinny Walker's mallet beside squares of white metal on the workshop bench.Mry. 1931 J. Geddie Characters 174:
“Jamie Tinnie”. James Alexander, tin-smith.Sh. 1969 Sc. Poetry No. 4. 58:
Yun puir wanless tinnie.
3. Comb. tin-Tam, an itinerant tinsmith, a Tinker. Tin-tam's cuddy, a tinker's donkey.Hdg. 1908 J. Lumsden Th' Loudons 161:
Rank-rotten neeps, an' tatties beside, A'“Tin Tam's Cuddy” wad bock at!
