tassie

tass·ie

[tas-ee]
noun Chiefly Scot.

Origin:
tass + -ie

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tass or tassie (tæs, ˈtæsɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a cup, goblet, or glass
2.  the contents of such a vessel
 
[C15: from Old French tasse cup, from Arabic tassah basin, from Persian tast]
 
tassie or tassie
 
n
 
[C15: from Old French tasse cup, from Arabic tassah basin, from Persian tast]

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Tassie is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Tassie or Tassy (ˈtæzɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -sies
1.  Tasmania
2.  a native or inhabitant of Tasmania
 
Tassy or Tassy
 
n

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