taddyn.
/ˈtadi/, U.S. /ˈtædi/, Scottish English /ˈtadɪ/ Scottish.
Used attributively and absol. to designate snuff manufactured by Taddy and Co. Also in combinations, as taddy-box n. a snuff-box.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > [noun] > types of
high-dried1681
Spanish1681
roderigo1692
bergamot1701
musty1709
myrtle1715
Portuguesea1721
rappee?1726
Scotch1739
macoubac1740
blackguard1782
Irish1806
Lundyfoot1811
prince's mixture1813
cephalic1828
taddy1869
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > snuff > [noun] > snuff-box
milla1689
snuff-box1688
snuff-milla1689
joint1701
sneezer1725
mull?1762
snuff-mull1808
tabatière1823
taddy-box1907
1869 A. Macdonald Love, Law & Theol. viii. 118 Tapping his box, and inhaling a large pinch of his favourite Taddy.
1870 J. Nicholson Idylls o' Hame 46 Some tea to the auld folk, tobacco or taddy.
1872 ‘R. F. Bardinarus’ Arn at Flail 9 But John took up the Taddy pouder.
1881 R. Ford Humorous Sc. Readings 67 Three or four heapit ladlefu's o' London taddy.
1897 J. Wright Scenes Sc. Life 5 Irish blackguard and taddy snuff mixed.
1907 N. Munro Daft Days xxxiv. 278 The Provost, who had just stepped into P. & A's for his Sunday sweeties, smiled tolerantly and passed his taddy-box.
1939 J. M. Dallas Toakburn 11 He got his best ‘sneeshin'’ from Johnnie Bickles, who kept the genuine ‘taddy’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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