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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TUTTI-TAITI(E), int., n. Also tuttie tatti, tutti-taitti; tutie-ta. [′tʌte-′tete, -′tɑte]

I. int. 1. An exclamation to represent the sound of a trumpet. Phr. hey tutti taiti(e), the name of an old Scottish tune.Ayr. 1793 Burns Letters (Ferguson) No. 582:
The old air, “Hey tutti taitie” has often filled my eyes with tears. There is a tradition, which I have met with in many places of Scotland, that it was Robert Bruce's March at the battle of Bannockburn.Sc. 1819 Jacobite Relics (Hogg) I. 110:
When you hear the trumpets sound Tuttie tatti to the drum.Sc. 1903 J. C. Dick Songs of Burns 451:
The tune of Hey, tutti taitie, which from its construction may well be accounted an ancient melody, although the music is not in any collection prior to the Caledonian Pocket Companion, 1751, iii. 13.

2. As an excl. of impatience, disbelief or derision, pshaw, fiddlesticks! (Sc. 1808 Jam.).Ayr. 1788 Burns Landlady, Count the Lawin i.:
Hey tutti, taiti, Wha's fou now?Sc. 1822 Scott F. Nigel ix.:
Tutti-taiti, man, I will be answerable he is his father's son.Sc. 1828 Scott F. M. Perth v.:
Tutti-taitti, neither Rome nor Perth were built in a day.

II. n. The sound of a trumpet.Per. 1857 D. Stewart Sk. Highlanders 28:
Clappin' his wee whorl'd hand to his mouth, As if toutin' a trumpet — a trumpet forsooth! The cock turn'd his lug to the queer tutie ta.