Steenie

English

Proper noun

Steenie

  1. (Scotland) A diminutive of the male given name Stephen.
    • 1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet:
      "Here, Dougal," said the Laird, "gie Steenie a tass of brandy down stairs, till I count the siller and write the receipt."
    • 1852, William Harrison Ainsworth, “Tale of a Carpet-Bag”, in Ainsworth's Magazine, volume 21, page 17:
      And now the murder is out, and I stand before you as Stephen Broadfoot, or "Little Steenie", as I used to be called when attending Edinburgh College.

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