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单词 pittikins
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pittikinsn.

Brit. /ˈpɪtɪkɪnz/, U.S. /ˈpɪdəkᵻnz/
Forms: 1600s– pittikins, 1800s pitikins.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pity n., -kins suffix.
Etymology: < pity n. (see forms at that entry) + -kins suffix. Compare earlier od's bodikins int., od's heartikins int., and od's pittikins int. at od n.1 and int. Compounds 3.
Now archaic and rare.
Pity. In asseverative phrases, as Ods pittikins, etc.
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1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. Dv Gods pittikins, hands off sir, heers my Lord.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 295 'Ods pittikins: can it be sixe mile yet? View more context for this quotation
1762 D. Garrick Cymbeline iv. v. 61 Pray how far thither?—'Ods pittikins—can it be fix Mile yet?
1826 H. Smith Tor Hill I. 173Ods pittikins! my master’, cried Sib.
1857 M. Theodore Aladdin I. iv. 106 The lamp! Ods pitikins! The lamp!
1994 Independent (Nexis) 15 Oct. 28 Do you want to learn to blaspheme and bawdily quibble in Jacobean? Odds pittikins, make your way to Lucio's Lubricious Lay-by.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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