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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1949
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¶TEDDY-VATT, v. Jocular perversion of Eng. titivate, to put in order, to make tidy.Sh. 1949 J. Gray Lowrie 57:
I hed yon [thatch] ta teddy-vatt afore I cam in.
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