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Thread #44919 Message #663457
Posted By: Murray MacLeod
06-Mar-02 - 12:54 AM
Thread Name: What is a 'Doxy'?
Subject: RE: What is a 'Doxy'?
Spelt "fier" by Robert Burns, in the world's best known song "Auld Lang Syne".
"So here's a hand my trusty fier, and gie's a hand o' thine".
(Frequently misquoted as "my trusty friend", including in the DigiTrad)