Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1775-1821, 1927
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FLAUNTIE, adj. Also fla(u)nty. Sc. usage of Eng. flaunty, showy, gaudy. Capricious, giddy, flighty.Sc. a.1776 Herd's MSS. (ed. Hecht 1904) 224:
That I sould a married sae shoon, Or yet sould a been sae flanty?Ayr. 1821 Galt Annals Parish xx.:
She was a flaunty woman and liked well to have a good-humoured jibe or jeer.Bnff. 1927 Banffshire Jnl. (1 March):
Time was when ye were skeigh an' vauntie, Yir heed held high, a' croose an' flauntie.
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