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  • tissick
    /tísik/ ; tizzick /tízik/, [Bajan (Collymore); cf. OED phthisic /tízik/ asthma obs.→1741] n. asthma: 1978 Phthisic (pronounced tissic). ..laboured wheezing
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  • tippy
    adv. [cf. TIP 2 and Brit. dial. South tippy easily upset (e.g. a cart) EDD] unsteadily: walk tippy [lamely or
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  • Tippy
    n. [cf. TIP 2] a nickname for a person who limps. <Mayag.>
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  • tippy
    n. [cf. OED tip to strike lightly] a small marble.
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  • tip
    v. 1. [US Black idem (Parsons 1917a:187); OED idem ] to walk on tip-toes. <Black>  2. [OED, to render unsteady] to
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  • tin-tub bass
    n. a musical instrument; see the quot.: 1978 The tin tub bass consists of a wooden stick, often a broomstick,
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  • ting-a-ling
    [cf. DING-A-LING idem] n. penis (child's word).
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  • tinchy
    [cf. Jam. tichi tiny creatures; cf. Ewe títi tiny DJE; cf. also US dial, teensy, tintsy idem ADD] adj. small,
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  • tin
    [from earlier tin plating] count n. a sheet of corrugated steel used for roofing: the tins on the roof (Nassau).
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  • timmer
    <San Sal.>; timmish <Andros> [cf. OED timorous idem; Brit. dial. North timmer to be frightened EDD ] adj. timid: 1918
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