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tartanry

/ ˈɑːə԰ɪ /

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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Origin of tartanry1

C20: tartan 1+ -ry
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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.

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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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