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单词 tassie
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tassien.1

Brit. /ˈtasi/, U.S. /ˈtæsi/, Scottish English /ˈtasɪ/
Etymology: diminutive of tass n.2: see -ie suffix.
Scottish.
A small cup or ‘tass’.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > small
tass1480
cymphe1490
cannikin1509
trinket1541
tun1555
pocill1572
noggin1588
chark1591
quick shot1624
nipperkin1691
pannikin1727
tassie1790
dobbin1792
tinnie1825
tot1828
tin1900
thimble cup1933
1790 R. Burns in J. Johnson Scots Musical Museum III. 240 Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie.
1810 A. Cunningham et al. Remains Nithsdale & Galloway Song 94 But here's my Jean's health i' the siller-lipped-tassie!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Tassien.2

Brit. /ˈtasi/, U.S. /ˈtæsi/
Forms: also Tassi (erron.), tassie.
Etymology: < the names of James Tassie (1735–99), Scottish gem engraver, and his nephew William Tassie (1777–1860) who succeeded him.
Used attributively and absol. of replicas of ancient engraved gems or original portrait reliefs made in glass paste by James or William Tassie.
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the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > making jewellery or setting with jewels > [adjective] > relating to cutting or engraving gems > specific engraver
Tassie1819
1819 J. Keats Let. 13 Mar. (1958) II. 45 On looking at your seal I cannot tell whether or not it is done with a Tassi—it seems to me to be paste.
1894 J. M. Gray James & William Tassie viii. 65 The Shadford Walker Sale included..over a hundred large Tassie medallions of contemporary personages.
1942 E. Blunden Romantic Poetry & Fine Arts 10 His [sc. Keats's] own particular Tassie was ‘a lyre with the strings broken’.
1972 Times 1 Aug. 11/5 (advt.) A collection of paintings..Tassi medallions.
1979 Mills & Mansfield Genuine Article vii. 109 Many people fail, when encountering what might be a ‘Tassie’, to..see if the alleged diamond is backed by metal.
1981 ‘J. Gash’ Vatican Rip iii. 36 That glimpse of Mrs Culpepper's ‘tassie’, as we call such incised semiprecious carvings.
1981 ‘J. Gash’ Vatican Rip v. 46 The silly bitch laughingly refused to sell me her tassie ring.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Tassien.3

Brit. /ˈtazi/, U.S. /ˈtæzi/, Australian English /ˈtæzi/
Forms: Also Tassey, Tassy.
Etymology: Hypocoristic, < Tasmania or Tasmanian n. b: see -ie suffix.
Australian slang.
1. Tasmania.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Australasia > [noun] > Australia > Tasmania
Tassie1894
Apple Island1906
Apple Isle1906
the Speck1930
1894 Argus (Melbourne) 26 Jan. 3 Today Tassy—as most Victorian cricketers and footballers familiarly term our neighbour over the straits—will send a team into the field.
1915 H. Lawson Coll. Verse (1969) III. 154 Fighting hard for little Tassy, where the apple orchards grow.
1936 F. Clune Roaming round Darling xix. 188 The Poet says that's the area of Tasmania. I'll take his word for it, as I haven't time to go and measure Tassie.
1956 S. Hope Diggers' Paradise 77 The Hobart–Launceston express has the advantage of allowing the customer to see Tassie's beautiful countryside.
1977 Herald (Melbourne) 17 Jan. 14/2 (advt.) Come to ‘Tassie’ the Casino State.
2. A Tasmanian.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Antipodes > native or inhabitant of Australia > [noun] > parts of
bushboya1834
Melbournite1838
Melburnian1838
bushman1846
Vandemonian1852
scrubber1859
Queenslander1860
Victorian1862
Sydneysider1865
Centralian1875
Waler1880
Territorian1882
mutton-bird1892
bushy1896
sand-groper1896
tothersider1896
crow-eater1899
Bananalander1900
outbacker1900
Tassie1905
groper1924
Tasmanian1934
mutton-bird eater1941
Top-Ender1941
Kanakalander1945
1905 in A. B. Paterson Old Bush Songs 51 Once more the Maorilander and the Tassey will be seen Cooking johnny cakes and jimmies on the plains of Riverine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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