tassie
noun
tass.
tassie
American
[tas-ee]
/ ˈtæs i /
noun
Chiefly Scot.
Tassie
British
/ ˈtæzɪ /
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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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; 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
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
When Tassie Weaver went into labour at full term, she thought she was hours away from holding her first child.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2025
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
Shortly after 7am, Lieutenant Commander Richard Full will pass the flame to Ainslie, who will hand on to Tassie Swallow, an 18-year-old from St Ives who is one of the country's leading junior surfers.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2012
The consummate song of this summer, 1789, was John Anderson my Jo, John, just as Auld Lang Syne and The Silver Tassie had been those of the former year.
From Robert Burns by Shairp, John Campbell
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