Definition of "tomtit" []

• A small bird, such as a titmouse. See Regional Note at tit1. (noun)

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• "No one can deny that the tomtit is a companionable little fellow."
• "Ah, yes! the tomtit is the embodiment and poetry of nimbleness."
• "Last year, to complete the change, a tomtit was pleased to build her nest within the lock of the Tolbooth, — a strong temptation to have committed a sonnet, had the Author, like Tony Lumpkin, been in a concatenation accordingly."