"Titivate" Quotes from Famous Books
... the smut on her nose," said Lalage. "What I want you to do is to keep her in play till I get back. I sha'n't be long, but it's not possible to start Pussy Battersby off on the first hop. She'll want to titivate a little." ... — Lalage's Lovers - 1911 • George A. Birmingham
... had scarcely worn the suit at all, but that afternoon his father had sent him over to Hanbridge about a large order from Bostocks, the recently established drapers there whose extravagant advertising had shocked and pained the commerce of the Five Towns. Darius had told him to 'titivate himself,' a most startling injunction from Darius, and thus the new costly suit had been, as it were, officially blessed and henceforth could ... — Clayhanger • Arnold Bennett |