pittie

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English

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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pittie

  1. Obsolete spelling of pity.

Noun

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pittie (countable and uncountable, plural pitties)

  1. Obsolete spelling of pity.

Etymology 2

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From pit (pit bull terrier) +‎ -ie.

Noun

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pittie (countable and uncountable, plural pitties)

  1. (informal, endearing) A pit bull terrier.
    • 2012, Marta Acosta, Dark Companion, page 33:
      I was used to slammed doors, rumbling buses, shouting, snarling pitties, police sirens, []
    • 2014, Ellen Cooney, The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances, page 247:
      Maybe he'd want a signal from me that he should rush to the carrier and retrieve a pittie on his own— a small one, alive, our new class pet.
    • 2015 August, Sara Ernest, “Love in Rescue”, in Quorum, page 6:
      Lori and I rescued a pittie from a local rescue organization and our lives have never been the same.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pittie.
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