spitten, a. dial.
(ˈspɪt(ə)n)
Repr. corrupted pronunc. spit and (image, picture) s.v. spit n.2 3 b. Cf. spitting image s.v. spitting ppl. a. 3; splitting image s.v. splitting ppl. a. 5.
| 1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Dial. Cumberland (ed. 2) 92/1 Spitten picter.., a strong likeness. 1887 Hall Caine Deemster II. xxvi. 233 He looked the spitten picture of my ould father. 1910 A. Bennett Clayhanger i. ii. 17 A nice-behaved young gentleman, and the spitten image of his poor mother. 1928 Eng. Jrnl. Dec. 819 Hit's the spitten image of you, Jilson. Your likeness, pint blank... Thar you are a-settin' in your cheer, a-holdin' your fiddle; thar's your basket. 1936 W. Holtby South Riding v. iv. 313 Spitten image of his dad, little Alf is, isn't he, Reg? 1941 J. Faulkner Men Working vi. 105 Ifen hit ain't the spitten image of that church acrost the street. |