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Definition of Pitty-patty

1. Adverb. As of footsteps. "He came running pit-a-pat down the hall"

2. Adverb. Describing a rhythmic beating. "His heart went pit-a-pat"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pitty-patty

pitting pitting corrosion pitting oedema pittings pittite pittites pittle pittle-pattle pittled pittles

pittling pittosporum pittosporums pitty pitty-pat pitty-patty (current term) pituicyte pituicytes pituicytoma pituita

pituitaries pituitarism pituitarium pituitary pituitary-adrenal system pituitary adamantinoma pituitary adenoma pituitary ameloblastoma pituitary apoplexy pituitary bodies

Literary usage of Pitty-patty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Harriet Monroe, Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"Pitty patty poll! Once the heavens' gabled door Opened: down the stabled floor, ... There a naill Pitty patty poll! TO FW You are my companion Down the ..."

2. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1915)
"Pitty patty polt— Shoe the wild colti Here a nail! There a nail! Pitty patty polii Good and badness, die away. Strength and swiftness down the day, ..."

3. Love and Law in Child Training: A Book for Mothers by Emilie Poulsson (1899)
"The plays with baby's feet — such as "Shoe the horse," "Pitty, patty, polt," "This ... Shoe the wild colt; Here a nail and there a nail, Pitty, patty polt! ..."

4. For the Story Teller: Story Telling and Stories to Tell by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (1911)
"Here a nail, there a nail, pitty, patty polt." "Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man Bake me a cake as fast as you can, Pat it and prick it, and mark it with ..."

5. The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at the edited by Inchbald (1824)
"... his pitty patty ? And so, my lord, you have given your consent that he shall marry your mother's old housekeeper ? Ah, well, I can see Sir Marry. ..."

6. The Wind in the Corn: And Other Poems by Edith Wyatt (1917)
"... And I saw the ways of life just as they are. Pitty patty polt. Shoe the wild colt! Here a nail! There a nail! Pitty patty polt! ..."

7. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Harriet Monroe, Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"Pitty patty poll! Once the heavens' gabled door Opened: down the stabled floor, ... There a naill Pitty patty poll! TO FW You are my companion Down the ..."

8. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1915)
"Pitty patty polt— Shoe the wild colti Here a nail! There a nail! Pitty patty polii Good and badness, die away. Strength and swiftness down the day, ..."

9. Love and Law in Child Training: A Book for Mothers by Emilie Poulsson (1899)
"The plays with baby's feet — such as "Shoe the horse," "Pitty, patty, polt," "This ... Shoe the wild colt; Here a nail and there a nail, Pitty, patty polt! ..."

10. For the Story Teller: Story Telling and Stories to Tell by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey (1911)
"Here a nail, there a nail, pitty, patty polt." "Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man Bake me a cake as fast as you can, Pat it and prick it, and mark it with ..."

11. The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at the edited by Inchbald (1824)
"... his pitty patty ? And so, my lord, you have given your consent that he shall marry your mother's old housekeeper ? Ah, well, I can see Sir Marry. ..."

12. The Wind in the Corn: And Other Poems by Edith Wyatt (1917)
"... And I saw the ways of life just as they are. Pitty patty polt. Shoe the wild colt! Here a nail! There a nail! Pitty patty polt! ..."

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