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tich slang.|tɪtʃ|
Also Tich, titch.
The stage name Little Tich of the dwarfish music-hall comedian Harry Relph (1868–1928), who was given the nickname as a child because of a resemblance to the Tichborne claimant (see below), used as a name for any small person. Cf. titchy a.
Arthur Orton (1834–98), the Tichborne claimant, claimed in 1866 to be Roger Charles Tichborne (1829–54), the heir to an English baronetcy, who was lost at sea. Orton was finally discredited and imprisoned in 1874.
1934W. Pollock Cream of Cricket xi. 66 ‘Tich’ Freeman would toss up his slows with that maddening lure to come and commit cricket suicide which so many misguided batsmen cannot resist. 1959I. & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolch. ix. 169 A chap who has got duck's disease is most often labelled ‘Tich’ in a friendly manner, or ‘squirt’. 1960D. Abse in J. C. Trewin Plays of Year 1960–61 XXIII. 147, I vowed to work harder. To make more money. For you and the titch. 1962Daily Mail 7 Mar. 12/5 (caption) This will prove we're not ‘tiches’ in space communications. |