tussie-mussie
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tussie-mussie
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From Scottish Gaelic tùs f (“nice smell, incense”) and debatable second part, a mere reduplication, or mùsg (“musk”) for a moschate flower, or mùisear (“primrose”).
noun tussie-mussies · tussy-mussy · tuzzy-muzzy · tuzzie-muzzie · tuzziemuzzie · tuzzymuzzy
- A nosegay given by one person to another to convey a message in the language of flowers. Seruia, Plinio, Sertum è floribus, pastillus è floribus fartus. […] Vn bouquet. A garland of flowers: a nosegay: a tuzziemuzzie: a sweete posie.
- The pudendum muliebre. We got as thick as we could be, And every night drank strong bohea; Says he, ‘You shall be my son-in-law, And marry the Princess Washy Taw–’ Says I, ‘Your majesty, hold your jaw! I will accept the Princess Paw— With her tuzzy muzzy, hoki poki, hunky nunky, roki boki, pulka wulka, joki koki, All in
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title = {tussie-mussie},
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