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单词 giftie
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giftien.

Brit. /ˈɡɪfti/, U.S. /ˈɡɪfti/, Scottish English /ˈɡɪftɪ/
Etymology: diminutive < gift n.1: see -y suffix4.
Scottish.
Playfully used for gift n.1 6b.
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1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 194 O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us!
1791 A. Wilson Laurel Disputed ii. 27 [He] shews, at twenty-twa, as great a giftie For painting just, as Allan did at fifty.
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