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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TILLIE-PAN, n. Also tilly-pan(nie), tully-pan; tully pander; also in abbreviated form tillie. A skillet or flat iron cooking pan, a sauce-pan (Mry. 1825 Jam.; Mry., Abd. 1972); a baling scoop (Abd. 1931).Abd. 1735 Abd. Estate (S.C.) 21:
To 3 Fish and a Big Tillie . . . 1s 10d.Abd. 1826 D. Anderson Poems 28:
A tillie pan O white iron, whilk I made mysel.Abd. 1925 R. L. Cassie Gangrel Muse 21:
Lauchin' as she snods the kitchie, Scoors the tully-pans.Abd. 1930 Tinker's Rhyme:
Wull ye no buy a brander, A stander, a tullypander, Or a jouggie tae the bairns?Abd. 1956 G. S. Morris Bothy Ballads I. 32:
Fan the ale wis only tuppence, an' a “tanner“bocht a gill, A besom or a tilly pan.