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单词 titbore tatbore
释义

titbore tatboren.int.

Forms:

α. pre-1700 titbore tatbore.

β. 1800s titbo tatbo.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: teet v., bo int.
Etymology: Apparently a reduplicative formation < teet v. + bo int., with variation of the vowel in the first element, although final -re (in the α. forms) is difficult to explain. Compare later teet-bo n., keek-bo n. at keek v. Compounds.
Scottish. Obsolete.
A. n.
A game played with a young child, which involves hiding and suddenly reappearing, whilst saying ‘titbore tatbore’; peekaboo, peep-bo. Cf. teet-bo n.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > bo-peep
bo-peep1528
bo-keik1535
peekaboo1600
hity-tity1609
titbore tatbore1614
peep-bo1660
peep1677
teet-boa1774
hide-and-peep1832
peep-eye1887
teetie-bo1892
1614 P. Forbes Short Discov. Adversarie 4 in Def. Lawful Calling What is this else, but (as children, in their sporting, childishly practise and more childishly speak) to play titbore tatbore with vs?
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Titbore Tatbore In Aberdeenshire..the phrase Titbo tatbo is still used by some old people, who had been accustomed in their youth thus to denominate the play of Bo-peep.
B. int.
Used as an exclamation accompanying the revealing of one's face in the game of ‘titbore tatbore’, or playfully announcing one's presence to someone; ‘peekaboo’. Cf. teet-bo int.
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?a1700 in W. Dauney Anc. Sc. Melodies (1838) 56 Titbore, tatbore, what corne maw ye?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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