De ole ain' so techy-dey lets de hornet's nes' hang in peace whar de Lawd put hit-but de young dey's diff'rent."
"Virginia"
Ellen Glasgow
"This here gun's kinda techy, anyway, unless you're used to a quick trigger.
"Sawtooth Ranch"
B. M. Bower
This made them techy and ticklish company for a stranger on his first coming among them; ruffling up and putting themselves upon their mettle on the slightest occasion, so that he had in a manner to quarrel and fight his way into their good graces.
"Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey"
Washington Irving