tant pisn.
/tɒn ˈpiː/ So much the worse. Cf. tant mieux n.
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1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 92 Tant pis and tant mieux being two of the great hinges in French conversation, a stranger would do well to set himself right in the use of them.]
1782 H. Walpole Let. 25 Mar. (1955) XXIX. 207 The new cabinet are to be Lord Thurlow, Chancellor, (tant pis), [etc.].
1855 A. Thackeray Jrnl. 10 June in Lett. A. T. Ritchie (1924) v. 68 But tant-pis, when I'm older I hope I shall do it better.
1929 A. Huxley Let. 24 Nov. (1969) 319 If you happen to find people constituted like yourself, tant mieux. If you find them differently constituted, tant pis.
1979 N. Slater Falcon ix. 160 If Hudson wouldn't play ball when the crunch came, then—tant pis. Too bad.
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