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titbit

[ tit-bit ]

/ ˈtɪtˌbɪt /

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noun Chiefly British.

tidbit.

Words nearby titbit

titanosaur, titanothere, titanous, titans, titarakura, titbit, titchy, titer, titfer, tithable, tithe

Example sentences from the Web for titbit

Pelle was still very hungry—ravenous; and he looked at the titbit until his mouth watered.

Pelle the Conqueror, Complete |Martin Anderson Nexo
He had sampled one titbit and then another; finally his glance was arrested by a dish of these small, dainty appearing creatures.

Old Judge Priest |Irvin S. Cobb
Another Arctic titbit is that fleshy cushion of the jaw of the whale which in life holds the baleen.

The New North |Agnes Deans Cameron
Then the tongue was removed, for this was considered a titbit.

Troop One of the Labrador |Dillon Wallace

Here and there they wander with contented clucks, as they find now and then a worm or grub for a titbit.

Jean Francois Millet |Estelle M. Hurll

British Dictionary definitions for titbit

titbit

esp US tidbit

/ (ˈtɪtˌbɪt) /

noun

a tasty small piece of food; dainty

a pleasing scrap of anything, such as scandal

Word Origin for titbit

C17: perhaps from dialect tid tender, of obscure origin