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tartanry

/ ˈtɑːtənrɪ /

noun

  1. derogatory.
    the excessive use of tartan and other Scottish imagery to produce a distorted sentimental view of Scotland and its history
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tartanry1

C20: tartan 1+ -ry
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Example Sentences

There were always people who had little time for flags, tartanry and shortbread, but who wanted to escape a political system that has made Britain one of Europe’s most unequal counties.

Despite all his tartanry and trumpeting of heritage, this uncomfortable fusion of Simon Cowell and Andrew Neil has become the anti-Scot personified in the course of bulldozing his Grampian dream into existence.

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