get one's fairing en · VERB
Meanings
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(Scotland) To get what one deserves.
Ah, Tam! ah, Tam! thou’ll get thy fairin’! In hell they’ll roast thee like a herrin’!
1791, Robert Burns, Tam O’Shanter, New York: K. Tompkins, published 1874:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gets one's fairing | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| got one's fairing | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| got one's fairing | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| getting one's fairing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |