Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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Quotation dates: 1799-1898
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TRUMPHERY, n. Also reduced form trumph. Sc. forms of Eng. trumpery, worthless stuff, rubbish (Sh., Ork., Bnff., Ags. 1973).Per. 1799 J. Robertson Agric. Per. 281:
All the useless trumphery of vegetables they can command.Fif. 1812 W. Ranken Poems 42:
But she's taen up wi' ither trumph, An' lats me gang sae like a sumph.Abd. 1851 W. Anderson Rhymes 93:
There was a lot o' trumphery mair.m.Lth. 1857 Misty Morning 63:
The bodies hereawa are a' sae unco easy ta'en up wi' trumph.Gsw. 1898 D. Willox Poems 27:
[To] squander yer siller on sic trumphery as that.
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