early "tits"

[Jonathan Lighter]

ca1840 _The New Cockalorum Songster_, in P. Spedding & P. Watt, eds. _Bawdy
Songbooks of the Romantic Period_ II (London: Pickering & Chatto, 2011) 7:
She gammon'd fits, to flash her tits.

"Ca1840" is a little conservative as a date: the songbooks likely date from
the mid '30s.

This appears to be the only ex. of "tits" in the entire 1000-page plus
assemblage, which includes numerous "f--k"s and "c--t"s (letter-expurgated
but present nonetheless).

The usual mammary words are "bubbies" and "bubs."

JL


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