titchy
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of titchy
C20: from tich or titch a small person, from Little Tich, the stage name of Harry Relph (1867–1928), English actor noted for his small stature
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Or, in this case, bought a titchy percentage of her drink as a UK taxpayer.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 3, 2019
Americans, by contrast, paid 192% of GDPcapPPP for their patented drugs and a titchy 14% for generics.
From Economist ● Jun. 9, 2016
‘A lot more. But I cannot be squibbling the whole gropefluncking dream on a titchy bit of paper. Of course there is more.’
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
It sells conch shells with titchy red bulbs inside, but they were £4.75 and blowing all my money on one souvenir'd've been daft.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
‘Much too big. It’s none of this lot. Let’s ’ave a look at some of them titchy ones.’
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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