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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1836
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¶TINSELER, n. Only in quot. below and prob. a misprint for Tinkler. Connection with Tinsel is not apparent.Ayr. 1836 Galt in Tait's Mag. (Jan.) 34:
The waiter was desperate venomous, and ranted at them as if they had been tinselers, and he one of a moral principle.
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