10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TACKETY»
Discover the use of
tackety in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
tackety and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bare Feet and
Tackety Boots: A Boyhood on the Island of Rum
In this text, the last survivor of those who were born and raised on the island of Rhum before World War I presents a social history and personal anecdote of a way of life gone not long ago but already almost forgotten.
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The English Dialect Dictionary: Being the Complete ...
Yks.1 Hence (i) Tacket-boot, sb. a hobnailed boot ; (2) •maker, sb. a maker of
hobnails ; (3) -soled, (4) Tackety, adj. hobnailed ; filled with ' tackets ' ; (5) Tackety
-shoed, adj. wearing hobnailed shoes. (i) Sc. Wearing his strongest tacket boots,
...
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The English Dialect Dictionary: T-Z. Supplement. ...
Yks.1 Hence (1) Tacket-boot, sb. a hobnailed boot; (2) -maker, sb. a maker of
hobnails ; (3) -soled, (4) Tackety, adj. hobnailed ; filled with ' tackets ' ; (5) Tackety
-shoed, adj. wearing hobnailed shoes. (il Sc. Wearing his strongest tacket boots,
...
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The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete ...
Yks.' Hence (1) Tacket-boot, $11. a hobnailed boot; (2) -n1aker, $11. a maker of
hobnails; (3) -soled, (4) Tackety, adj. hobnailed ; filled with ' tackets'; (5) Tackety-
shoed, adj. wearing hobnailed shoes. (1) Se. Wearing his strongest tacket boots,
...
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Summer holidays, travelling notes in Europe
Tackety-tackety, tack, tack, tackety!" went the wheels clattering along the rails; "
Tack, tack, tackety, b-r-r-r!" Then comes a fearful jolt, and the car sways to and fro.
If I could only get to sleep ! What is the matter with this pillow ? Is it too high or too
...
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The English dialect dictionary
Yks." Hence (1) Taeket-boot, sb. a hobnailed boot; (2) -maker, sb. a maker of
hobnails; (3) -soled, (4) Tackety, ndi. hobnailed; filled with ' tackcts' ; (5) Taekety-
shoed, adf. wearing hobnailcd shoes. (1) Se. \Vearing his strongest tacket boots,
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Already referred to in relation to raising a slide, the tackety boots beloved of
young enthusiasts gave way to boots with segs with growing maturity when slides
assumed less importance in the mind of the wearer and appearance and cost ...
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The Healing Heart for Families: Storytelling to Encourage ...
CaThe. Tackety. Boots/<5. A SCOTTISH FOLKTALE RETOLD BY HAZEL
LENNOX* 1 FIRST HEARD THE STORY from Taffy Thomas, who said that he
heard the story from a ell-known teller in Scotland, Betty White, who had died
only a few ...
Allison M. Cox, David H. Albert, 2013
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
From British dialect (Devon and Cornwall) AUSTRALIA, 1942 tackety bit; tackety
noun the female breast. Glasgow rhyming slang for TIT from the local
pronunciation of 'tackety' (steel-tipped and -heeled) boots UK: SCOTLAND, 1988
tackie ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
180, 1998 tackety bit; tackety noun the female breast UK: SCOTLAND Glasgow
rhyming slang for TIT from the local pronunciation of 'tackety' (steel-tipped and -
heeled boots). • That's a fine perr [pair] a tacketies on that wee thing. — Michael ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TACKETY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
tackety is used in the context of the following news items.
Video: Twin Heart music video created by Ayrshire College lecturer …
There are three opportunities to catch Twin Heart in Kilmarnock – on February 27 they are playing Tackety Bit, on March 7 they will be at The Hunting Lodge and ... «Scottish Daily Record, Feb 15»
First edition Oor Wullie annual set to be sold for up to £5000 at auction
The front cover of the annual displays the iconic image of Wullie on his bucket, dressed in his trademark denim dungarees and tackety boots. Oor Wullie. «Scotland Now, Nov 14»
Sports Hotline: Scott Brown's kick at Norway's Vegard Forren is the …
The Celtic skipper kicked out at Vegard Forren after scoring the winner in Norway and the Hotline callers wasted no time in jumping in with their tackety boots. «Scottish Daily Record, Nov 13»
Scotland's police supremo Stephen House on 'the biggest change in …
It has been the tackety-boot approach, with Police Scotland acting like the Met on a bad day." Increases in stop searches - of which there have been more than ... «Herald Scotland, Oct 13»
The end for 'licensed sex trade'?
Edinburgh City Council's 27-year-old policy of licensing the "saunas" is in tatters after Scotland's new single police force used "tackety-boots'' to shatter the ... «Herald Scotland, Oct 13»
Homegrown hero
The Dame's voice has a manly, tackety-boots gravel that's merrily at odds with the frilly pinnie, the ringletted wig. The giggling has already kicked in as "hello" ... «Herald Scotland, Nov 12»
Hutton's is proud to have kept Scots shod since Victorian times
... of the Sunday Post, and thinks it possible that, on some subliminal level, he has been influenced in his footwear preferences by Oor Wullie's tackety boots. «Scotsman, Jun 12»
Vintage fashion warehouse is a treasure trove
As well as the shorts, McLay has looked out sand-coloured shirts and jackets, tackety boots and a box of pith helmets. Earlier on, a colleague playing Charles ... «Scotland on Sunday, Apr 12»
Alex Fergusson, 'Scotland's speaker', must get this house in order
... should be told to sit down and shut up. He is a thoroughly decent man, but he really does need to don his tackety boots for this parliament's final six weeks. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 11»
'Project Runway' Designers Discover Divas Bigger Than …
She wanted gold, black, lace and rhinestones, while Christian wanted to curl up on the floor and cry because it was so “tickety-tackety.” Thanks to a motivational ... «MTV.com, Jan 08»
