Scottish diminutive for the linnet (Linaria cannabina), a small finch whose melodious song made it a favourite caged bird.
Scottish diminutive for the linnet (Linaria cannabina), a small finch whose melodious song made it a favourite caged bird. In Scots poetry and song, 'lintie' is a fond term of endearment for a sweet-voiced woman or child, as in Burns's 'bonnie wee lintie'. Now mainly literary and nostalgic in register.
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He called her his wee lintie because her singing could fill even the dreariest winter kitchen with warmth.
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(archaic, Scotland) A linnet.
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