Mitty
[mit-ee]
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Contemporary Examples
Then let Mitty, with his usual golden touch, note that the owners have their points, too!
Historical Examples
Mitty was just the right sort of a Mitty for a little frontier girl.
Little Ferns For Fanny's Little FriendsFanny Fern
We must do something, girls, and look 'how it do rain,' as Mitty would say.
The Four Corners AbroadAmy Ella Blanchard
"She certainly is a sight," remarked Mary Lee, watching Mitty's exit.
The Four CornersAmy Ella Blanchard
Don't say done forgot; that sounds like Mitty and Unc' Landy.
The Four CornersAmy Ella Blanchard
"I has what I has," returned Mitty, breaking some splinters of wood across her knee.
The Four CornersAmy Ella Blanchard
Mitty
- Walter Mitty
- a fictional character given to grand and elaborate fantasies; daydreamer
- (as modifier)a Walter Mitty character; a Mitty act
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Word Origin
C20: from a short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1939), by James Thurber
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Word Origin and History for mitty
Mitty
"adventurous daydreamer," 1950, from title character in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," short story by U.S. author James Thurber (1894-1961) first published in the "New Yorker" March 18, 1939.
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