† tit-bore Sc. Obs.
Also teet-bo (Jam.).
[First element perh. Sc. teet vb., to peep, n. a peep, a glance; second perh. = boh! interj.: cf. keek-bo (keek v. 3).]
The childish game of bo-peep or peep-bo. Also reduplicated, titbore tatbore (cf. tit tat).
| 16.. Forbes Disc. Pervers Deceit 4 (Jam.) What is this, but (as children in their sporting, childishly practise and more childishly speak) to play titbore tatbore with vs? 1825 Jamieson s.v., In Aberdeenshire..the phrase Titbo tatbo is still used by some old people. |