titivation
- a word derived from titivate.
Example Sentences
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Billington wrote that the play was a "gussied-up, semi-musicalised version" of the play, and had "fussy titivation".
From The Guardian • Nov. 30, 2012
She is losing a large part of what Chesterfield calls the 'joy and titivation of youth.'
From Woman and the Republic — a Survey of the Woman-Suffrage Movement in the United States and a Discussion of the Claims and Arguments of Its Foremost Advocates by Johnson, Helen Kendrick
After that a mighty washing of hands took place, to remove the blacking stain; and then the Quarters settled down to a general "titivation," Tam "cleaning his nails for Christmas," amid great applause.
From We of the Never-Never by Gunn, Jeannie
Not yet the consolation Of manicure and cream; Not yet the barber dresses Our dusty tousled tresses; The thought of titivation Is still a distant dream; Not yet the consolation Of manicure and cream.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 7, 1917 by Various
I hope my reply to Fitz may arrive in time to prevent too much titivation.
From Gallipoli Diary, Volume I by Hamilton, Ian, Sir
