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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
TREE-TRAM-TRO, n. The name of a game played with three stones on a chalked pattern of straight and diagonal lines on a pavement, the aim being to get the stones in a row as in the similar game of Noughts and Crosses (Fif. 1973).
[Cf. Trip-trap-truisky, and Eng. dial. tit-tat-toe, id.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Tree-tram-tro n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 1 May 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/treetramtro>
