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tanties

tanties is the plural of tanty.

tanties is the plural of tantie.

Meaning of tanty

Noun

tanty (plural tanties)

  1. (Australia, slang) A tantrum.
    • I had never in my life seen a woman so angry. She made tanty noises like a toddler.2008, Tim Winton, Breath, Picador UK Paperback edition 2008, Ch.2, p.13, 14

Meaning of tantie

Noun

tantie (plural tanties)

  1. (colloquial) An aunt.
    • My tantie Kate sits at her wheel, / And sair she lightlies me; / But weel ken I it's a' envy, / For ne'er a joe has she.1890, Scottish Humorous Poetry, page 6

Questions about tanties

What is tanties the plural of?
Tanties is the plural of tanty.

Words near tanties in the dictionary

  1. tanterum
  2. tanterums
  3. tantes
  4. tanteuxenite-(Y)
  5. tantie
  6. tanties
  7. tantilizing
  8. Tantillo
  9. Tantillos
  10. tantipartite
  11. tantite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tanties (page history and authors); tanty (page history and authors); tantie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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