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tumshie

tumshie  n.— «No an insult would be if I called you a “richt sasenach Tumshie, wi a heid the’ size o’ ben macduhi.” Then you would have every right to be offended.» —“Re: wh&s run amok” by Connor...

tumshie

tumshie
 n.— «Well good riddance you auld tumshie.» —“Re: Bye For Now, You Losers” by david@wedding-services.demon.co.uk Usenet: soc.culture.scottish Dec. 29, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

tumshie

tumshie  n.— «Och, ye muckle tumshie, hae ye nae sense avah?» —“Re: The great LP vs CD debate/war” by patent3@popmail.dircon.co.uk (Stewart Pinkerton) Usenet: rec.audio.opinion Dec. 26, 1999. (source: Double...

tumshie

tumshie
 n.— «Whit ur ye bluhtherung aboot ya tumshie.» —“Re: Kill files” by imcc@cs.strath.ac.uk (Iain McCord) Usenet: rec.arts.drwho Dec. 2, 1996. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

tumshie

tumshie
 n.— «A jocular or colloq. name for a turnip.» —Dictionary of the Scots Language , 1947. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

numpty

numpty  n.— «The Diary even prefers the term “tumshie” to “numpty.”» —“Yes, folks, tumshie is the new numpty” by Simon Pia Scotsman (Scotland) Nov. 3, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued...

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