tattie-peelin

/ (ˈtætɪˈpiːlɪn) /

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adjective

Central Scot dialect (esp of speech) highfalutin, affected, or pretentious

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Word Origin for tattie-peelin

from potato-peeling; sense development obscure

Words nearby tattie-peelin

tattered, tattersall, Tattersall's, tattie, tattie-bogle, tattie-peelin, tatting, tattle, tattler, tattletale, tattletale gray

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Example sentences from the Web for tattie-peelin

When it gets nearer spring, we c'n eat the inside of the potatoes and save the peelin's for plantin'.
The Biography of a Prairie Girl|Eleanor Gates
We walked all round the deck, threadin' our way among the banana peelin's, and lookin' our shipmates over.
Gullible's Travels, Etc.|Ring W. Lardner
The very room, coz she was in,Seemed warm f'om floor to ceilin', An' she looked full ez rosy aginEz the apples she was peelin'.
The Book of Humorous Verse|Various
His thin face is flushed and his eyes sparkle.231 Peelin' off the cutaway, he tosses it careless on a table.
Shorty McCabe on the Job|Sewell Ford

That kind of soaked the ashes, don't you see, and made a lye that would take the peelin' off a telegraph pole.
Remarks|Bill Nye

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