toorie

/ ˈtʊrɪ /

noun

1. a tassel or bobble on a bonnet

2. Also: toorie bonnet. a bonnet with a toorie

Word History and Origins

Origin of toorie¹

C19: from Scot toor tower

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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The net result was a truncated "toorie."

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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.

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