| 释义 |
† tint for tant Obs.
Also tint for taunt.
[A reduplicated phrase with antithetic modification of the first member: cf. tit for tat. Probably altered from taunt for (pour) taunt (taunt n.1 1).]
Retaliation, retort in kind.
1620T. Granger Div. Logike 124 Regestion is commonly termed like for like, pin driuing out a pin, tint for taunt, &c. 1677Coles Eng.-Lat. Dict. s.v. Tint, To give one tint for tant, par pari referre. 1710(title) Tint for Taunt. The Manager Managed..in Remarks..upon a Sermon..in..St. Paul Covent-Garden..by..R. L. Lloyd. 1828Craven Gloss. s.v., ‘Tint for tant’, a requital, similar to tit for tat. |