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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1943
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TINGALEERIE, n. [tɪŋɑ′liri]
1. A ringing, tinkling noise. Comb. tingaleerie man, a one-man band (Dmb. 1958), said to be from the nickname of an itinerant minstrel who wandered about the Rnf. and Gsw. area c.1900.
2. A vase or dish with glass or crystal pendants (Fif. 1972).Abd. 1943 W. S. Forsyth Guff o' Waur 2:
The china dogs and tingaleerie dish.
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