单词 | titter up |
释义 | > as lemmastitter up PhrasesEnglish regional (northern). In colloquial and proverbial expressions. P1. titter and better: the sooner the better. ΚΠ 1703 R. Thoresby List Local Words in J. Ray Philosoph. Lett. (1718) 339 Titter and better. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) II. 289 Brid. As t'weather hez just taan up, we mun lig too't. Giles. Wha, wha, as t'weather hez been seea unsartin, an t'rain hez faun seea mich i' planets, titter and better. 1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. at Titter ‘Well, titter an' better,’ as t' theaker said by t' dinner. P2. titter up: the one that is up first or quickest. a. titter up call and variants: the first one up in the morning should wake the others. ΚΠ 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. (at cited word) Tider up caw, let him that is up first call the others. 1821 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. (ed. 3) 112 We set dawn that titter up sud coe tudder up neisht mornin. 1861 E. Waugh Rambles in Lake Country 130 ‘Good night!—but stop; how if one should sleep too long?’ ‘Well then, th' titter co' th' latter up. Good night!’ 1911 M. C. F. Morris Yorks. Folk-talk (ed. 2) 390 Titter up ca', i.e. the soonest up in a morning call the rest. b. titter up the sprunt mun hover a bit and variants: the first one up the hill must wait for the others. ΚΠ 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) II. 288 Mally war seea slaw o' foote, at I yarks stee off her shooder, an pashes afoar her, an I soon hears her roarin out, ‘titter up't' brant hovver.’ 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 180 ‘T' titter up t' sprunt mun ower [= hover] a bit’: the first up the hill must wait awhile. 1928 A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding Yorks. 143/1 ‘Titter oop t'sproont mun ower a bit’—a very characteristic Cl[eveland]. expression. < as lemmas |
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