tammie norrie

Noun

 * 1) puffin
 * 2) stupid-looking, bashful man

Quotations

 * 1842, unknown source quoted or summarised in 2002 2nd edition of Thesaurus of traditional English metaphors, by Peter Richard Wilkinson, page 346:
 * "sco"

- Tammie Norrie [Sc : 1842] A stupid looking, bashful man; a puffin.


 * 1873, Handbook for Northumberland, by John Murray, page 215 (from 1892 quote in English Folk Rhymes, by G. F. Northall, page 276):
 * "sco"
 * "sco"

- Tammie Norrie o' the Bass, / Canna kiss a pretty lass.