Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TINDLE, n. Also tindel; tundle. Tinder (‡Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.; Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot. 271). Comb. tindle-box, a tinder-box (Lnk., Rxb. 1825 Jam., Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.).Peb. 1793 R. Brown Comic Poems (1817) 134:
Here blear-e'ed phraisin' Marion dwells, Wi' 'er pipe and tindel-box.Slk. 1874 Border Treasury (12 Dec.) 243:
The ‘tundle' box, as it was called in the South of Scotland.
