Titter Tatter (Grose 1811 Dictionary)

Titter Tatter

One reeling, and ready to fall at the least touch; also the childish amusement of riding upon the two ends of a plank, poised upon the prop underneath its centre, called also see-saw. Perhaps tatter is a rustic pronunciation of totter.

Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.

To Titter * Tittle-tattle

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Nathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang

John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes

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