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AIRYPLANE, n. also airieplane, aeryplane. Sc. form of Eng. aeroplane (Bnff., Ags., Fif., Edb., Gsw., Ayr., Dmf., Rxb. 2000s) Also in reduced form arie.Gsw. 1985 Michael Munro The Patter 6:
airieplane A local version of aeroplane, often shortened to airie: 'Ur we gaun up in a big airie Da?'Gsw. 1987 Peter Mason C'mon Geeze Yer Patter! 79:
We're aff fur the Fair Fortnight oan an airyplane the morra mornin. We are off for the two weeks of the Glasgow holiday by plane in the morning.wm.Sc. 1991 James Russell Grant in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 54:
Religion alane stauns new stauns
Uncomplicaitit as an aeryplane-shedGsw. 1992 Herald 10 Nov 14:
What if, at the airport, there's an announcement: "Would Mr Shields, passenger on the New York flight, please report to the departure desk with his Hoover as he has to give the airyplane a wee tidy before the other passengers get on board."Gsw. 1992 Herald 18 Dec :
The latest mob to get into the free flight business is the UK Bungee Club (Scotland) of Kirknewton, West Lothian. No, the free flights are not on the end of a big elastic band but on real airyplanes.m.Sc. 1999 John Milligan Fifteen Scots Poems 12:
Onyway, there he was, quite jocko, stiff as a stookie
Fixed in a commanding place in the majestic sky
Like a visiting airy-plane in a small vista of Princes Street.