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Webster 1913 Edition


Teetee

Tee′tee

,
Noun.
[Sp.
tití
.]
1.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of small, soft-furred South American monkeys belonging to
Callithrix
,
Chrysothrix
, and allied genera;
as, the collared
teetee
(
Callithrix torquatus
), and the squirrel
teetee
(
Chrysothrix sciurea
)
. Called also
pinche
,
titi
, and
saimiri
. See
Squirrel monkey
, under
Squirrel
.
2.
(Zool.)
A diving petrel of Australia (
Halodroma wrinatrix
).

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teetee

teetee

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English

Noun

teetee (plural teetees)

  1. Archaic form of titi.
    • 1907, The New International Encyclopædia, volume 13:
      The principal kinds of American monkeys are the howlers, sakis, uakaris, teetees, squirrel-monkeys, spider-monkeys, barrigudos, and sapajous.

Etymology 2

Noun

teetee (plural teetees)

  1. Eye dialect spelling of titty.
    • 2006, Tom Skelton, The Human Element:
      " [] She was layin' up under that shade tree with her hand in 'er panties, a ticklin' her teetee so hard she was fair tremblin' all over."
    • 2003, Tom Miller, Writing on the edge: a borderlands reader:
      Camon, sir, nerd, turd, shithead. . . . Plees. Mees . . . lemme look at your teetees. Camon leddy.
    • 1995, Mel Kernahan, White Savages in the South Seas:
      There were two ladies from my own Federation there, beeg, fat, sitting on the beach with their beeg teetees just hanging there