Fifer2
(ˈfaɪfə(r))
[f. Fife + -er1.]
A native or inhabitant of Fife, a county of Scotland.
| 1887 P. McNeill Blawearie ix. 73 He'll be awfu' cunning, for a' the Fifers are burstin' fu' o' that commodity. 1897 Daily News 23 Nov. 3/6 He knew that the outside and envious critic was in the habit of telling Fifers that they worked the idea of a kingdom of Fife for a good deal more than it was worth. 1901 Daily Chron. 14 Oct. 5/2 The London ‘Fifers’ do not forget in exile the engaging qualities of their native county. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 12 May 7/2 We Scots outside ‘the Kingdom’ know it takes ‘a long spoon to sup wi' a Fifer’. 1927 Glasgow Herald 14 May 9 The average Fifer..has more of Gaelic blood in him than the average Lewisman. 1967 I. Finlay Lowlands i. 20 The man of Lothian is far different from the man of Galloway, the Fifer from the Borderer. |