chittering-bite
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun (noun) A bit of bread eaten by those who have been swimming, to prevent shivering or the chattering of their teeth with the cold; a shivering-bite. Also called chittering-crust and chittering-piece.
Examples
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It was the earliest warm day that spring; some of the boys had ventured a dip among the grey rollers and the heel of a loaf - a discarded chittering-bite - lay in the master's way to his desk.
Note
‘Chittering-bite’ is Scottish in origin.
