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pitty - definition and meaning
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noun pity .noun slang pit bull terrier
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Something very mysterious went on up there that afternoon, for Franz was hammering, and Asia trotting up and down, and Aunt Jo flying around like a will-o'-the-wisp, with all sort of things under her apron, while little Ted, who was the only child admitted, because he couldn't talk plain, babbled and laughed, and tried to tell what the "sumpin pitty " was.
Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys 1871
Of these children it is said in the inscription that some "were called into Heaven and the others into several marriages of good quality"; while of Dorothy Shurley it is prettily recorded (this, as we have seen, being a district rich in exemplary wives) that she had "a merite beyond most of her time, ... her pitty was the clothing of the poore ... and all her minutes were but steppes to heaven."
Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas
He says 'pitty ' for pretty, and "Peeooh" for Winnie the Pooh.
Benji talks Becca 2008
He says 'pitty ' for pretty, and "Peeooh" for Winnie the Pooh.
Archive 2008-12-01 Becca 2008
Especially these days with our 'pitty ' foriegn aid.
Army Rumour Service 2010
Especially these days with our 'pitty ' foriegn aid.
Army Rumour Service 2010
Especially these days with our 'pitty ' foriegn aid.
Army Rumour Service 2010
Especially these days with our 'pitty ' foriegn aid.
Army Rumour Service 2010
Especially these days with our 'pitty ' foriegn aid.
Army Rumour Service 2010
Especially these days with our 'pitty ' foriegn aid.
Army Rumour Service 2010
vanishedone commented on the word pitty
I expected this to mean something akin to pitted, but the O.E.D. says pretty, 'nursery and colloq.'
April 4, 2009
sionnach commented on the word pitty
As in Pitti-Sing, one of the characters in Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado", Victorian nursery slang for "pretty thing".
April 4, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word pitty
Thank heaven nobody teaches their kids to speak English that badly anymore. *whew*
(*Caution: Extreme Sarcasm Alert*)
April 4, 2009