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highty-tighty

[ hahy-tee-tahy-tee ]

/ ˈhaɪ tiˈtaɪ ti /

adjective, noun

Words nearby highty-tighty

highroad, highsmith, hight, hightail, hightail it, highty-tighty, highveld, highwall, highway, highway code, highway contract route

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Examples from the Web for highty-tighty

But I guess ther won't be no dancin' nor highty-tighty dewin's.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IX (of X)|Various
Highty-tighty, says I, who's Mrs. Bertram that she should look down on us in this fashion?
The Honorable Miss|L. T. Meade
It's 'nough to make one's blood run cold to see the highty-tighty airs that woman puts on.
The Puddleford Papers,|H. H. Riley
And now you see what she is—hands off, highty-tighty, high and mighty, an empress couldn't be grander.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.|W. M. Thackeray

And she's helpful about the house for such a young cretur, and she's not a bit forth-putting or highty-tighty.
A Little Country Girl|Susan Coolidge

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