Steenieとは 意味・読み方・使い方

固有名詞

Steenie

1. (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, Ainsworth's Magazine, Vol. 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.