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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1829
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TUFT, n. Also tift (Ayr. 1838 J. Morrison M'Ilwham Papers 18; Gsw. 1898 D. Willox Poems 50). Sc. forms of Eng. tuft.
Sc. deriv. and comb.: tuft-tail, a nickname for the Devil, sc. having a tufted tail.Sc. 1829 Wilson Noctes Amb. (1855) II. 284:
Auld Clootie, Hornie, and Tuft-tail.
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