Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Topsy-turvy.
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Examples
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May a 'gae tapsalteerie, O! A week more and I should have become reabsorbed into this medium past recovery and past recognition ....
The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900
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"Things will go tapsalteerie, Allan, but let them; we will have a bite and a cup of kindness together."
A Daughter of Fife Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875
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That dang them tapsalteerie, O. CONTENTS·BOOK CONTENTS·BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD·GLOSSARY
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It was David Vedder's whiskey that turned ma boat tapsalteerie, Geordie Twatt. "
Winter Evening Tales Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875
bilby commented on the word tapsalteerie
Scots - in a mess; upside down.
December 27, 2007
bilby commented on the word tapsalteerie
But gie me a cannie hour at e'en,
My arms about my dearie, O;
An' war'ly cares, an' war'ly men,
May a' gae tapsalteerie, O!
Green grow the rashes, O;
Green grow the rashes, O;
The sweetest hours that e'er I spend,
Are spent amang the lasses, O.
- Robert Burns, 'Green Grow The Rashes'.
January 28, 2009