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Word: tomtit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...sobriety and vigor (in verse) would make when the frail fit of love had got into him." Cibber, waiting in an adjoining room, became worried about Pope's health and the future of English poetry. 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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Frail Fits | 1/18/1963 | See Source »

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