bittie


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bittie

(ˈbɪtɪ)
n
informal Scot a little bit
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Adj.1.bittie - (used informally) very smallbittie - (used informally) very small; "a wee tot"
bitty, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, teensy, teensy-weensy, teentsy, teeny, teeny-weeny, wee, weensy, weeny
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
little, small - limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"
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Bide here quiet, there's a good lad; just you bide here quiet a bittie, and ye'll find that we agree."
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Ye can coont me luckier than some haein es wikkly screid an es wis brocht hame till's on ma bittie a fower wikk syne on the Doric Film Festival.
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you'll say I'm a feel gowk, but I'm trying to make my placie a wee bittie as super as hers.
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