Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tassie tiger

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: tassie tiger
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Tasmanian tiger, †Thylacinus cynocephalus.

Informal

Example Sentences

"'But no one's seen a Tassie tiger for over seventy years.' 'Wrong, tosh. Quite wrong. Why does that not surprise me? There have been hundreds of sightings of the Tassie tiger. What you mean is that no scientist has captured one and been able to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that it exists, which is probably very good news for the tiger.""
""I reckon it's a Tassie Tiger. A real, live Tasmania tiger, in the flesh.""
"This giant Tassie Tiger has been terrorising goats and other livestock, and Wodjet says she wants him on the next plane to Tasmania."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

Tassie tigers (plural)

Questions

What does tassie tiger mean?: A Tasmanian tiger, †Thylacinus cynocephalus.

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