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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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CHITTER, n.2 A fragment; a small piece. [′tʃɪtər]Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch (1839) xiii.:
On making search down yon pit, he was fund at the bottom . . . his legs and arms broken to chitters.

[Prob. from same root as Chit, n.1 Cf. also chitters, small intestines of a goose or a sheep, for Nhb. and Cum. (E.D.D.).]

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