or -tiff, subs. phr. (old).—Small beer: see SCREWED.

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  d. 1635.  CORBET, On John Dawson, Butler of Christ-Church.

                    And, as the conduits ran
With claret at the Coronation,
So let your channels flow with SINGLE TIFF.

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  1654.  Witt’s Recreations, 154.

        Sack’s but SINGLE BROTH;
Ale’s meat, drink, and cloth.

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