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titfer

/ˈtɪtfə/ UK
/ˈtɪtfɚ/ US

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Short for tit for tat.

noun titfers

Cockney, slang A hat. And one of the greatest exponents of rhyming slang I ever knew once addressed this question to me: "Tell me, is my titfer on solicitor's fee?" Now I got "titfer" immediately, of course. The question had something to do with his hat. But after trying for fifteen minutes to work out what "solicitor's
Similar: ball and bat, tit for tat

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@misc{titfer_2026,
  title = {titfer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/titfer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}