titter tatter

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

One reeling, and ready to fall at the least touch; also the childish amusement of riding upon the two ends of a plank, poised upon the prop underneath its centre, called also see-saw. Perhaps tatter is a rustic pronunciation of totter.

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Tatter
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