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- noun Cockney rhyming slang A
hat .
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- noun a hat (Cockney rhyming slang: `tit for tat' rhymes with `hat')
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sotheby's two-day auction of sporting memorabilia concludes today with 335 lots on offer, ranging from such amiably humdrum jumble-sale tat as Mark Ilott's 1995 England touring cap (guide price £135) and a pair of Will Greenwood's white rugby shorts (£125), to "the oldest known international rugby cap ever to be offered at auction" (Foster-Cunliffe's tasselled 1874 England titfer, £3,750) and golf legend Walter Hagen's 1927 US PGA diamond-studded winner's gold medal (£50,000).
Des Connor's 1971 Lions-bait remains absolutely priceless | Frank Keating 2011
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Fascinators, many of which make Princess Beatrice's royal wedding titfer look tasteful, sometimes seem almost as big as the people under them.
Simon Hoggart's week: Olympic chiefs have built a Brigadoon for the rich 2011
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Fascinators, many of which make Princess Beatrice's royal wedding titfer look tasteful, sometimes seem almost as big as the people under them.
Simon Hoggart's week: Olympic chiefs have built a Brigadoon for the rich 2011
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A notoriously safe pair of hands, the Mill has thrown its titfer in the ring, but may have to fend off competition from Bayer Leverkusen's Rene Adler, Rangers' Allan McGregor, Schalke's Manuel Neuer and Atlético Madrid's David de Gea.
Football transfer rumours: Liverpool to sign Johan Elmander? Barry Glendenning 2010
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Mark, "Nothing proclaims 'saucy minx' like a jauntily canted titfer."
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Nothing proclaims "saucy minx" like a jauntily canted titfer.
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All Chinese have four different names, one when he's born, one at puberty, one when he's an adult and one he chooses for himself, and they forget one or add another at the drop of a titfer.
Noble House Clavell, James 1981
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All Chinese have four different names, one when he's born, one at puberty, one when he's an adult and one he chooses for himself, and they forget one or add another at the drop of a titfer.
Noble House Clavell, James 1981
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The round-crowned titfer sported by Firth's George VI in the film has this week taken the high street, the catwalk and the internet by storm.
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But if the unthinkable does happen, it will turn the tournament once again on its titfer.
Evening Standard - Home Dan Jones 2011
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