- titfer
- Noun. A hat. Cockney rhyming slang from tit for tat.
English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.
titfer
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titfer — noun Etymology: by shortening & alteration from tit for tat, rhyming slang for hat Date: circa 1930 British hat … New Collegiate Dictionary
titfer — /tit feuhr/, n. Chiefly Brit. Slang. hat. [1895 1900; rhyming slang, shortening of tit for tat] * * * … Universalium
titfer — noun A hat … Wiktionary
Titfer — 1) a hat; 2) a rat, non unionist … Dictionary of Australian slang
titfer — Australian Slang 1. a hat; 2. a rat, non unionist … English dialects glossary
titfer — Meaning Hat. Shortened form of tit for tat . Origin Cockney rhyming slang … Meaning and origin of phrases
titfer — n British a hat. One of the best known examples of rhyming slang (from the cliche tit for tat ), the term probably dates from the end of the 19th century and is still heard … Contemporary slang
titfer — n. (British) hat … English contemporary dictionary
titfer — noun Brit. informal a hat. Origin 1930s: abbrev. of rhyming sl. tit for tat … English new terms dictionary
titfer — noun (C) BrE old fashioned slang a hat … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
