tapsalteerie
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of tapsalteerie
C17: of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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But gie me a cannie hour at e'en, My arms about my dearie, O; An' war'ly cares, an' war'ly men, May a' gae tapsalteerie, O!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
But gie me a canny hour at e’en, My arms about my dearie, O; An’ warly cares, an’ warly men, May a’ gae tapsalteerie, O. IV.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
"Things will go tapsalteerie, Allan, but let them; we will have a bite and a cup of kindness together."
From A Daughter of Fife by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
An' warl'ly cares, an' warl'ly men, May a' gae tapsalteerie, O!
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
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