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单词 tittler
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tittlern.1

Brit. /ˈtɪtl̩ə/, /ˈtɪtlə/, U.S. /ˈtɪtlər/, /ˈtɪdl̩ər/
Forms: see tittle v.1 and -er suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: tittle v.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < tittle v.1 + -er suffix1. Compare tuteler n.Attested earlier as a surname: Richard le Titteler (1275).
rare (regional or colloquial) after Middle English.
A person who spreads rumours or gossip, esp. quietly and secretly; a tattler, a telltale.
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society > communication > information > rumour > [noun] > tale-bearer
rounderOE
blabc1374
tale-teller1377
clatterer1388
tittlerc1400
talebearer1478
whisterer1519
whisperer1547
telltale1548
tattler1549
clatterfart1552
tale-carrier1552
babbler?1555
gossip1566
gossiper1568
carry-tale1577
mumble-news1598
twitter1598
buzzer1604
blob-talea1670
gadabout1757
tell-pie1771
circulator1792
clype1825
windjammer1880
tattle-tale1889
panta1908
clatfarta1930
the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting specific animals > [noun] > fox > chasing a fox
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c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. B.15.17) (1975) B. xx. l. 299 Conscience..made pees porter to pynne þe yates Of alle taletelleris and titeleris [c1400 Laud tyterers; ?c1425 Calig. tyteres; a1450 Cambr. Dd.1.17 tutelers] in ydel.
1463 T. Playter in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 291 Prevy titlers and flaterers.
c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) iv. l. 57 (MED) Somme were tituleris and to þe kyng wente, And formed him of foos þat good frendis weren.
a1505 R. Henryson Against Hasty Credence 21 in Poems (1981) 164 The tittillaris [v.r. tutelar] so in his heir can [= gan] roun.
1849 T. Lewin Minotaur! ii. 48 In a colony or state, where milksops, Secret talkers, tittlers, tattlers, gossips, Whisper.
a1895 E. Smith MS Coll. Warwicks. Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1905) VI. 169/1 Tittler, a babbler; a tell-tale.
1981 Meanjin 40 518 Oh no, not his sisters... Tittlers and tattlers, the three of them. And first home with the news that he'd said 'bum' and the nuns had found out and announced it at assembly before the whole school.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

tittlern.2

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: tittle v.2, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < tittle v.2 + -er suffix1. Compare tickler n.1 2d.
Obsolete. rare.
In a stocking-frame or knitting machine: each of the implements used to transfer the loops of thread from one needle to another; = tickler n.1 2d.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > [noun] > knitting > other equipment
tittler1831
tickler1839
1831 G. Henson Civil Hist. Framework-knitters v. 277 On the lead bar of the rib machine was placed, instead of needles, small instruments called ticklers, or tittlers, having two grooves cut at the end, one at top and the other at the bottom, to fit the head of the frame needles.
1845 Rep. Commissioner Condition Frame-work Knitters 22/1 in Parl. Papers XV. 1 A carved roller lifting up the tittlers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019).
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