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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TANTERSOME, adj. Exasperating, annoying, vexatious (ne.Sc. 1972).Abd. 1921–2 Swatches o' Hamespun 16, 56:
Wow tull a tantersome aul' maid gin a ban' a' roch chiels saw her fairin' furth on Eel Even . . . . Tibbockie, ye tantersome ted! Wull aw be hauden on tig-tire ony langer on geen gyte.Abd. 1951 Buchan Observer (3 April):
In a tantersome season, when March failed to produce the peck of dust essential to a fine and early seed bed.
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