titter

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He Causes People to Titter and Snicker The author of The Blind Bow-Boy is a tall, slim, white-haired, slightly florid young man of middle age.

From Time Magazine Archive

Everytime a person gits to havin' fun, it's "come here, Titter and rake de yard."

From De Turkey and De Law A Comedy in Three Acts by Hurston, Zora Neale

Titter, tit′ėr, v.i. to giggle, snicker, or laugh with the tongue striking the teeth: to laugh restrainedly.—n. a restrained laugh.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

There is Billy Simper, Jack Chaffe, and Colonel Van Titter, Miss Promonade, and the two Miss Tambours, sometimes make a party, with some other ladies, in a side-box at the play.

From The Contrast by Tyler, Royall

There is Billy Simper, Jack Chaffé, and Colonel Van Titter, Miss Promonade, and the two Miss Tambours, sometimes make a party, with some other ladies, in a side-box, at the play.

From The Contrast by Moses, Montrose Jonas