slang. Obs. Also 8 titery, (tityre). [app. f. TITTER v.2 + -Y, lit. unsteady, unstable, tottering.] A slang name for gin.
1725. G. Smith, Compl. Body Distilling, I. 49. Geneva hath more several and different names and titles, than any other liquor that is sold here: as double Geneva, royal Geneva, celestial Geneva, Tittery … and has gain’d … universal applause.
1730. Bailey (folio), Tityre or Tittery, a Nickname given to the Liquor … called Geneva…, prob. because it makes the Drinkers merry, laugh, and titter.
1751. Gordon, Another Cordial, II. 14. A Shop where Titery, Quorum, or Gin (call it by what name you will) is sold.
