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
Amid all the propaganda, there was one tasty titbit from the dressing-room: “Jimmy Anderson said he doesn’t much like bowling from the Jimmy Anderson End”.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 26, 2020
He also added another titbit – that his race director Charly Wegelius thinks Wiggins is suffering from the same stomach bug that effected his team-mate Dario Cataldo.
From The Guardian ● May 12, 2013
Lackschinken: This is a very delicately flavored German titbit.
From Armour's Monthly Cook Book, Volume 2, No. 12, October 1913 A Monthly Magazine of Household Interest by McClure, Mary Jane
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