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Quotation dates: 1911
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¶TEINIE, n. A nonsense word in a children's riddling rhyme, supposed to mean a gun or some other means of stopping a fox from raiding a flock of sheep.Edb. 1911 Rymour Club Misc. 112:
If I had had my tit-my-tat, My tit-my-tat, my teinie, O, I'd never have let Sir Hoker Poker Carry away Campeinie, O.
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