Steenie
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Steenie
- (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.