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tassie

American  
[tas-ee] / ˈtæs i /

noun

Chiefly Scot.
  1. tass.


Tassie British  
/ ˈtæzɪ /

noun

  1. Tasmania

  2. a native or inhabitant of Tasmania

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of tassie

tass + -ie

Example Sentences

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I. Go, fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie, That I may drink before I go A service to my bonie lassie!

From The Hundred Best English Poems by Gowans, Adam L. (Adam Luke)

Go fetch to me a pint o' wine,   An' fill it in a silver tassie; That I may drink before I go   A service to my bonnie lassie.

From Lyra Heroica A Book of Verse for Boys by Various

Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, An' fill it in a silver tassie; goblet That I may drink, before I go, A service to my bonnie lassie.

From Robert Burns How To Know Him by Neilson, William Allan

Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie, That I may drink, before I go, A service to my bonnie lassie.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

Given her combined risks, Tassie should have been offered an induction earlier, at 39 weeks, concluded the review group.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2025

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 Feb. 26, 2021

Another user cites a team of grandmothers in Tasmania, Australia, called the "Tassie Nannas" who stage "knit-ins" at child imprisonment protests in Tasmania.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2019

Created by Tassie Cameron, the 10-episode series is a serialized portrait of a complicated woman that also vividly evokes a working mother’s worst nightmare.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 27, 2017

The Shakespeare Gallery finally fell by lottery to Mr. Tassie, the well-known medallist, who thrived to a good old age upon the profits of poor Boydell's too generous expenditure.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

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