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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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†CHITTER, n.² A fragment; a small piece. [′tʃɪtər]Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch (1839) xiii.:
On making search down yon pit, he was fund at the bottom . . . his legs and arms broken to chitters.