Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TRASHTRIE, n. Also trashitry; †troistry. Trash, useless orworthless rubbish (Sc. 1825 Jam.), freq. of unsubstantial food or drink: pap, sops; “the entrails of a beast, offals” (n.Sc. 1808 Jam.).Ayr. 1786 Burns Twa Dogs 63:
Sauce, ragouts, an sic like trashtrie.Sc. 1824 R. Chambers Poet. Remains (1883) 18:
Nae trashtrie o' cottons frae Glasgow he cares for.Sc. 1827 Literary Gazette (18 Aug.) 541:
Jellies, tarts, and sicklike trashtrie.Bnff. 1852 A. Harper Solitary Hours 76:
But freakish folly, ne'er at ease, Fuish banefu' troistry ower the seas.ne.Sc. 1880 J. Skelton Crookit Meg 159:
Feckless bodies wi' their fushionless English trashtrie.Hdg. 1982 J. Lumsden Sheep-Head 151:
Bried trashtrie for a bairn.Fif. 1897 G. Setoun G. Malcolm ii.:
A silly body that wasted good growin' ground on useless flowers, senseless trashitry.Ags. 1927 L. Spence Weirds & Vanities 4:
Gouden lochs and siller seas, Trashtrie oot o' minstrelsies.
