titter n.1
a young woman.
Vocab. of the Flash Lang. | ||
Adventure in N.Z. I 319: A woman [was called] a ‘heifer’ [...] A girl a ‘titter.’. | ||
Dict. of Modern Sl. etc. | ||
, , | Sl. Dict. 258: Titter a girl; ‘nark the titTER,’ i.e., look at the girl. ? Tramps’ term. | |
Sydney Sl. Dict. (2 edn) 6: ‘Nark the titter,’ watch the girl. | ||
Musa Pedestris (1896) 174: You sponges miking round the pubs, / You flymy titters fond of flam. | ‘Villon’s Good-Night’ in Farmer||
Aus. Sl. Dict. 86: Titter, a girl. | ||
Truth (Sydney) 28 Oct. 5/5: The titter screams, & holds ’im closer / Fallin’ in a faint away. | ||
Nocturnal Meeting 47: I was only a titter, not as old as Ethel here, when I fell madly in love with my husband. | ||
Sun. Times (Perth) 3 Sept. 1/5: He brightens up the dreary intervals of spruiking by ogling the girleens [and] the frisky titters send back many an unfilial wink at the amorous ancient. | ||
Sport (Adelaide) 8 Mar. 12/1: They Say [...] That Wesser O and Bill G are seen a lot at the Semaphore lately. Is it the water they're after or the ‘titters.’ Must be the girls as they don’t like water . |