Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A striped woolen nightcap made in Kilmarnock, Scotland.
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Examples
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"Old Redcap," the country folk used to call him, and they said that he was a wee, wee man, with a red pirnie [22] and twisted legs; but whether that be true or no, 'tis not for me to say.
Tales From Scottish Ballads Elizabeth Wilson Grierson 1908
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"Tibby was knitting at a reid pirnie [4] for her faither; but, of course,
Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887
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