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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1787
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¶TIRRYFYKE, n. A bustle, stir, stress and excitement.Ayr. 1787 Burns Letters (Ferguson) No. 96:
The fewer words I can tell my story in so much the better as I am in an unco tirryfyke of a hurry.
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