twitting

noun

twitting

noun

1

The act of one who twits or teases.

With unfeigned courtesy we welcomed back this illustrious body; but they were subjected to the most unmerciful twittings for the fleetness of foot they had exhibited when Richmond was so alarmingly threatened.1867, Sallie A. Brock, Richmond during the war: four years of personal observation:

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