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tom|tit — «TOM TIHT», noun. 1. a small bird, especially a titmouse. 2. British Dialect. any one of various other small birds, such as the wren and the tree creeper. ╂[< tom + tit1] … Useful english dictionary
Tom Tit — Arthur Good Arthur Good (1853 1928) a écrit, à la fin du XIXe siècle, sous le pseudonyme Tom Tit des articles hebdomadaires dans L Illustration sous le titre La Science Amusante. Ce sont des explications concernant des expériences de physique… … Wikipédia en Français
Tom Tit — Cockney Rhyming Slang Shit I m going for a Tom Tit … English dialects glossary
Tom Tit Tot — This, one of the most famous English *fairytales, is an analogue to Rum plestiltskin in the *Grimms collection. A peasant girl is taken as wife by a king, on the understanding that she will spin five skeins of flax per day for a month, as her… … A Dictionary of English folklore
tom-tit — noun Petroica macrocephala, the Miromiro or New Zealand Tit, a bird of the Petroicidae (Australasian robin) family … Wiktionary
tom-tit — … Useful english dictionary
tit — an·tit·ro·py; an·tit·y·py; ap·pe·tit·ost; bi·o·tit·ize; cys·tit·ic; der·ma·tit·ic; fit·tit; hem·a·tit·ic; hit·tit·ol·o·gy; in·tit·u·la·tion; in·tit·ule; lich·tit; mas·tit·ic; nyc·tit·ro·pism; par·o·tit·ic; peg·ma·tit·ic; peg·ma·tit·ization;… … English syllables
Tom — 1. (Tit) an act of defecation Rhyming slang, always of defecation and never used as an insult: All that Tom Tit blown up in the air. (R. Forbes, 1986 a sewage plant had been bombed) 2. American a black man who defers unduly to… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
tom — ac·cus·tom; ac·e·tom·e·ter; ac·e·tom·e·try; ad·ap·tom·e·ter; an·a·tom·ic; an·a·tom·i·co·path·o·log·ic; an·gi·o·sco·tom·e·try; an·thro·po·tom·i·cal; ap·er·tom·e·ter; ar·gen·tom·e·ter; ar·gen·tom·e·try; au·tom·a·tism; au·tom·a·tist;… … English syllables
tom — I. n British 1. jewellery. A piece of underworld rhym ing slang, from tomfoolery. 2. a prostitute. In police jargon and in the slang of the underworld and prison this has been a standard term since the 1940s. It derives from a 19th century use of … Contemporary slang
