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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1513
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Tip-tais, Typtays, n. pl. [ME and e.m.E. tiptoon (Chaucer; v.rr. typtoos, tiptos), tiptoes (1579).] The tips of the toes, (on) tiptoe. —1513 Doug. ix xii 53.
Standand on his typtays [Ruddim. tip-tais] … heich hys hand dyd rays
