tassie
Americannoun
noun
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Tasmania
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a native or inhabitant of Tasmania
Etymology
Origin of tassie
Example Sentences
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As Penny Wong, the foreign minister, said to an Australian radio station this week: “Like most Australians, I was pretty shocked to realize that Tassie devils was not a name that we had the rights over.”
From New York Times
For Tassie tiger hunter and school teacher Murray McAllister, 60, from Dandenong in Melbourne’s south-east, there are two facets: love of the uniquely Australian animal, and human connection.
From The Guardian
“I’m petrified,” said Tassie Zahner, a history teacher at Northwood High School in Silver Spring, Md. “I don’t want to get sick and die for my job.”
From Washington Post
She added the seals, made in the style of the Scottish modeler James Tassie around the turn of the 19th century, to her already extensive collection, which has often served as inspiration for the engraved medallions, rings and earrings that make up her four-year-old line.
From New York Times
This season, you'll find Barrow in her kitchen baking a Chocolate Pecan Tassie Galette.
From Salon
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