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teensy, a. colloq. (orig. U.S. dial.).|ˈtiːnzɪ|
Also teenzy.
[prob. f. teeny a.2 + -sy.]
= teeny a.2 Also in Comb. or redupl. form teensy-weensy, teensie-weensie, etc. = teeny-weeny (see teeny a.2).
1899in H. Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. (1944) 626/1 Little teensy bit of a boy. 1902W. N. Harben Abner Daniel 197 Then Jimmy's young wife come with her little teensy baby. 1906in H. Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. (1944) 626/1 Teentsy-weentsy. 1933O. Nash in Sat. Even. Post 2 Sept. 58/4 For the word was out, In palace and cot, Of the teensy, weensy, talented tot. 1951‘J. Tey’ Daughter of Time i. 12 Didn't you even try a little teensy taste? 1966[see off adv. 1 g]. 1973Times 21 Aug. 13/7 The statement as it stands is..just a teensie-weensie bit unfair to my own firm. 1973P. White Eye of Storm xii. 592 He ordered himself another teenzy bottle of Scotch. 1981S. Strutt On Edge of Love vi. 116 ‘Would you like a drink?’.. ‘Darling, that would be lovely. Perhaps just a teensy one!’ |