tassie

Noun

(plural tassies)

(Scotland) A cup or goblet for drinking wine.
A decorative ring or plug at the end of the barrel of a pen.
A small tart or miniature pie.

Origin

From French tasse, of the same meaning, from Arabic tassah, a bowl or basin.

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His portrait by Raeburn is the property of Glasgow University, and in the National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, there is a good medallion by Tassie, taken in his eighty-first year.

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