Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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†TYM, n. George Heriot's Hospital slang: twopence (Edb. 1898 J. Baillie Walter Crighton 286).
[A childish reduced form of tippenny, tippence.]