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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, 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

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,   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