tomtit

[ tom-tit ]

noun

, British Dialect.

1. a titmouse.
2. any of various other small birds, as the wren.

tomtit

/ ˈtɒmˌtɪt /

noun

1. any of various tits, esp the bluetit

Word History and Origins

Origin of tomtit¹

1700–10; Tom (Thumb) + tit ¹

Example Sentences

Seven of 17 balls was less hawk and more tomtit.

From BBC

Ecclesiastical tomtits may twitter and flutter, and theological owls may look solemn and wise and hoot out their gloomy forebodings, but the true ark of Nature’s covenant is safe.:

From Project Gutenberg

Three weeks afterwards he went to inquire after its health, and found that a robin had built her nest in one of the pockets, and a tomtit had utilized a sleeve for the same purpose.

From Project Gutenberg

Tit, tit, n. one of various small birds, a pipit, tomtit, or titmouse.

From Project Gutenberg

A pair of Scotch tomtits, however, thought otherwise, and they made a comfortable little nest at the back of a private letter-box, nailed on to the trunk of a tree in Dumfriesshire.

From Project Gutenberg