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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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†TWEETY TWATY, int. An exclamation of impatience or reproval, tush!, fiddle-faddle!, pooh!Kcd. 1811 Farmer's Mag. (June) 186:
A brother butcher reproached him for giving such a price for a bullock. . . . “Tweety-twaty, Willy; I got a' the rest for any price I pleased.”
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