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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1821

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¶TANTY-RANTY, n. Fornication.Edb. 1821 W. Liddle Poems 34:
Which ever way ane maks a seizure O' the fair, i' the auld affair Ca't tanty ranty.

[A reversed form of Rantie-tantie, n., 3.]

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