titfer slang.
(ˈtɪtfə(r))
Also titfa, titfor.
[Shortened from tit for tat used as rhyming slang: see tit n.2 1.]
A hat.
| 1930 Brophy & Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier 171 Tit-for, tit-for-tat, i.e. hat. 1937 N. Gay Me & my Girl i. i, in J. Franklyn Dict. Rhyming Slang (1960) 172 Duchess: I hope you enjoyed your drive. Bill: Not 'arf—but I nearly lost my titfa! All: Titfa? Bill: Me tit for tat. All: Tit for tat? Bill: My Hat! 1939 J. B. Priestley Let People Sing x. 257 I'll see Billy Fitt, with me titfer in me 'and. 1943 Hunt & Pringle Service Slang 67 Tin titfor, steel helmet. 1952 M. Tripp Faith is Windsock x. 151 I've got a lucky scarf too, so's Jake. Dig always takes his titfer, and Arthur's got a brassiere. 1960 Observer 20 Mar. 10/3 Last week I told you about the time I popped my titfa. 1976 U. Holden String Horses viii. 102 The old lady made a show... Lil Pratt forgot to fill her mouth... She'd not seen a titfer like that since the film of mountain people in the Dardanelles, made after World War one. |