"Suit to a t-y-t" (and similiar)

[Bonnie Taylor-Blake]

On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 6:13 AM, Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:

> Here's a slight antedating
> Headline: [C. H. Stark; Mr. Stark; Harry]; Article Type: News/Opinion
> Paper: Idaho Statesman, published as Idaho Tri-Weekly Statesman; Date: 10-22-1872; Volume: IX; Issue: 40; Page: [3]; Location: Boise, Idaho
> ....Mr. Stark is an old hand at the [saloon] business and will serve his patrons to a T Y T in everything in his line.

For what it's worth, here's a slightly earlier sighting (barely).
Nothing illuminating about it, however.

"The play last evening was the dashing comedy of the 'Hidden Hand'
with Mrs. Breslau in the saucy, off-hand and rollicking character of
'Capitola:' and with the inimitable Dick Johnston personating "Old
Wool" to a t-y-tee."  [From "Theatrical," *The Daily State Register*,
Des Moines, Iowa, 24 October 1867.  Via Archives of Americana.]

-- Bonnie

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