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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BITTS, n.pl.

1. “The bad taste left in the mouth after a night's debauch” (Kcb.¹ 1934).

2. In phr.: to tak the bitts out of someone's mouth, to give someone a drink.Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 72:
Will ye no tak the bitts out o' my mouth the day, is a common phrase by those who long to have drink from their neebours.