titfer n.
a hat.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | (con. WW1) Patrol 85: ‘So can it, Israel! ’F yer must spout, do it in yer tit-fer’. | |
| Rhy. Sl. 9: Stick yer ‘tit fer’ on yer ‘Uncle Ned.’. | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Advocate (Burnie, Tas.) 30 Nov. 6/6: ‘Titfor?’ What, is that?" asked the somewhat bewildered Nadine. ‘Rhyming slang, thieves’ jargon, my beautiful - ha-ha! - meaning hat’. | |
| Cheapjack 24: ‘No one ain’t a collar ’ere,’ he said. ‘And if you think a gent’s titfer can make me look like a sissy I’ll give anyone a sock in the lug.’. | |
| Me and My Girl I i: duchess: I hope you enjoyed your drive. bill: Not arf — but I nearly lost my titfa. | |
| in Star (Marion, OH) 31 July 6/8: The original rhyming slang for hat was ‘lean and fat’ which in Australia became ‘tit for tat’ or more briefly ‘tit’f’r.’. | |
| Reported Safe Arrival 11: Wiv that titfa on yer loaf, an’ all ... Muck me if I ever see anything like it! | |
| West. Australian (Perth) 11 Mar. 22/7: A hat is [...] known as a titfer. Tit-for-tat, a hat. | |
| Fowlers End (2001) 268: No titfer to my loaf-o’-bread, / No strike-me-dead to eat, / No place to go for an Uncle Ned, / Or boots to my plates-o’-meat. | |
| Absolute Beginners 89: I can see you in your robes and ping-pong titfer. | |
| , | ![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | DAS 648/3: tit for tat, titfer – hat. |
| Rhy. Cockney Sl. 25: I’ve got a new blue titfer. | |
| (con. 1959) Up the Cross 40: ‘I don’t think I’ve ever seen Cobber McGruder without his titfer tat on’. | |
| West in Decadence and Other Plays (1985) 91: mike: Then you saw not his face? ken: He wore his titfer up. | |
| Guardian Weekend 30 Oct. 100: Today, if you go out with a titfer you’re obviously mad as a hatter. | |
| Outlaws (ms.) 62: Got to take your titfer off to the girl. |
In exclamations
an excl. of surprise or pleasure.
| White with Wire Wheels (1973) 101: My titfer! |