toorie
Britishnoun
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a tassel or bobble on a bonnet
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Also: toorie bonnet. a bonnet with a toorie
Etymology
Origin of toorie
C19: from Scot toor tower
Example Sentences
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Hundreds of people, many wearing red bobble hats in tribute to Mr Weir's signature toorie, joined his 94-year-old widow Rhona at the ceremony.
From BBC
Ye could but mind, to see his face, The reid mune glowerin' on the place, Nae man had e'er sic muckle space To haud his bonnet: An owre yon bonnet on his brow, Set cockit up owre Jeemsie's pow, There waggit, reid as lichtit tow, The toorie on it.
From Project Gutenberg
The net result was a truncated "toorie."
From Project Gutenberg
Our headgear consisted in a few cases of the regulation Balmoral bonnet, usually minus "toorie" and badge; in a few more, of the battered remains of a gas helmet; and in the great majority, of a woollen cap-comforter.
From Project Gutenberg
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