Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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¶TITLE, v. “To tug repeatedly at one's coat-tails” (Sc. 1911 S.D.D.).
[The source is untraced. Appar. a freq. form of Tit, v.1]