titbit
Americannoun
noun
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a tasty small piece of food; dainty
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a pleasing scrap of anything, such as scandal
Etymology
Origin of titbit
C17: perhaps from dialect tid tender, of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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Already, it's just having her around and being conscious she's watching and maybe going to give you a titbit that will change the way you play football or have a shot.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2023
One final titbit from the trailer: We'll meet Princess Rhaenyra as she chafes against the path of a mother and passive court ornament that she fears has been set out for her.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2022
A titbit for fans of the original trilogy: Ford has described George Lucas’s cluelessness when the Star Wars creator was asked for advice on how to operate the Millennium Falcon.
From The Guardian • Nov. 12, 2015
Truly, a titbit with such potential for female anxiety and self-loathing is like an iron filing to the media's magnet.
From The Guardian • Jul. 23, 2013
As a titbit to our other 'snippings,' medicine, the Prayer Book, the law, ship's business, the breeches buoy, ship-cookery!
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by Bone, David W. (David William)
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