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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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 William Allan Neilson
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
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 Adam L. (Adam Luke) Gowans
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 Burton Egbert Stevenson
"I knew that me and my baby needed help, and I tried to communicate that as clearly as I could, and I didn't get that help," Tassie says.
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
All other likenesses of Smith are founded on those of Tassie and Kay.
From Life of Adam Smith by John Rae
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