highty-tighty n.
1. a promiscuous young woman.
Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Hightetity, a Ramp or Rude Girl. | ||
Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue n.p.: Heighty toity, a hoydon, or romping girl. |
2. an aloof, snobbish person.
Hand-made Fables 235: He carried a closely wrapped Umbrella to help convince the Hity-Titys that he was Some Cuss. |
3. snobbery.
‘’Arry on Pooty Women’ in Punch 21 Sept. in (2006) 149: The tip-tops are losing their stiffness; the grand highty-tighty don’t pay. | ||
🎵 What say? been on hi-ti-tiety / You’re a - you're a tooraliety'. | [perf.] ‘By Their Language’