Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A giddy, frisking girl.
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Examples
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And there's the distress of thae Mucklebackits --- we canna get a fin o 'fish --- and we hae nae time to send ower to Fairport for beef, and the mutton's but new killed --- and that silly fliskmahoy, Jenny
The Antiquary 1845
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I hae prought worthy Mrs. Putler sic a fliskmahoy. ''
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And there's the distress of thae Mucklebackits -- we canna get a fin o 'fish -- and we hae nae time to send ower to Fairport for beef, and the mutton's but new killed -- and that silly fliskmahoy, Jenny
The Antiquary — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801
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And there's the distress of thae Mucklebackits -- we canna get a fin o 'fish -- and we hae nae time to send ower to Fairport for beef, and the mutton's but new killed -- and that silly fliskmahoy, Jenny
The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801
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And there’s the deer that was shot too — but we will send it ower to the Manse, whilk will pe put civil, seeing I hae prought worthy Mrs. Putler sic a fliskmahoy.” —
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I maun do something to let you see there's one man in Thrums that has mair faith in you than in a fliskmahoy. "
The Little Minister 1898
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-- And there's the deer that was shot too -- but we will send it ower to the Manse, whilk will pe put civil, seeing I hae prought worthy Mrs. Putler sic a fliskmahoy. "
The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801
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Mucklebackits — we canna get a fin o’ fish — and we hae nae time to send ower to Fairport for beef, and the mutton’s but new killed — and that silly fliskmahoy, Jenny Rintherout, has taen the exies, and done naething but laugh and greet, the skirl at the tail
The Antiquary 1584
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