tomtit
Americannoun
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a titmouse.
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any of various other small birds, as the wren.
noun
Etymology
Origin of tomtit
1700–10; Tom (Thumb) + tit 1
Example Sentences
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Seven of 17 balls was less hawk and more tomtit.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2023
Clubs and societies stirred uneasily at the prospect of North Carolina's becoming known as the "tomtit State."
From Time Magazine Archive
But, as her father said, in his uncouth country way, she did not have the sense of a tomtit.
From Time Magazine Archive
He rushed through the door, "found this little hasty hero, like a terrible tomtit, pertly perching upon the mount of love" and pulled him away.
From Time Magazine Archive
Muddy yit along the pike Sense the winter's freezin' And the orchard's backard-like Bloomin' out this season; Only heerd one bluebird yit— Nary robin er tomtit; What's the how and why of it?
From Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) by Nye, Bill
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