titch
titch · titches
A very small person; a small childA very small person; a small child.
/tɪt͡ʃ/
Значення
значень: 3(Британія, розмовне)A very small person; a small child.
I ain't afraid of a titch like you.
(Британія, розмовне)A small amount.
Is there any milk left? Just a titch.
(розмовне)A small amount of something.
I'll have just a titch more cake.
Походження
From the stage name Little Tich; see tich. Attested since the 1880s. Possibly also from, oFrom the stage name Little Tich; see tich. Attested since the 1880s. Possibly also from, or influenced by, a word from Old English ticcen (“young goat”).
From Middle English techen, tüchen, variant or dialectal forms of Middle English touchen (“to touch”).
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