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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1847
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¶GITTY, n. A nonsense word used to an infant.Sc. 1847 R. Chambers Pop. Rhymes 225:
She taks up her bairn, and gaes into her hooss, singin' till't a' the gait — A goo and a gitty, my bonny wee tyke, Ye'se noo ha'e your four-oories.
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