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tinsey|ˈtɪnsɪ|
Also 7 tincy, 8–9 tinsy.
A popular corruption of tinsel n.3
1685Lond. Gaz. No. 2001/4 A Groce of Gimp Lace mixt with Tincy. 1707E. Ward Hud. Rediv. II. iii. 10 Built for imaginary Princes To strut in Buskins and in Tinseys. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. 15 May, I've shown him how little I minded his tinsy and his long tail. 1831J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1856 III. 301 Ye think the peacock's harl and the tinsy hae slipped frae your jaws. 1889Stoddart Angling Songs 254 Awa' wi' yer tinsey sae braw!
b. attrib. or adj.; also in Comb.
1699E. Ward Lond. Spy x. (1709) 237 The Quality of the Fair, strutting round their Balconies in their Tinsey Robes. 1704F. Fuller Med. Gymn. (1718) 234 They clap a Saddle upon 'em, cover'd with a Sort of Tinsey Stuff. 1721Ramsay Morning Interview 162 His head reclin'd upon a tinsy roll. 1753Smollett Ct. Fathom (1784) 81/1 You come over like a walking atomy, with a rat's tail at your wig, and a tinsey jacket. 1828Blackw. Mag. Sept. 298/1 [Angling] The yellow-bodied, tinsey-tailed, black-half-heckle. |