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Definition of Pittite
1. someone who frequents theatre pits [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pittite
Literary usage of Pittite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of English Literature by Hippolyte Taine (1880)
"... became, Coleridge, a pittite journalist, Wordsworth a distributor of stamps,
and Southey, poet-laureate ; all zealous converts, decided Anglicans, ..."
2. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"It's no use swotting up that sort of thing— they never set it in Exams, you know !
IN THE PIT. The Pleased pittite, Look at them windmills—all going round, ..."
3. The Aldermen of the City of London, Temp. Henry III.-1908: With Notes on the by Alfred Beaven Beaven (1908)
"U,,,-Cru-l:y (Bread Street], Whif, 1043 1784. [Poll 7 days ; Closed April C).
•Brook Watson, pittite, 4.78'J. [Elected Alderman of ..."
4. History of English Literature by Hippolyte Taine (1880)
"... became, Coleridge, a pittite journalist, Wordsworth a distributor of stamps,
and Southey, poet-laureate ; all zealous converts, decided Anglicans, ..."
5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"It's no use swotting up that sort of thing— they never set it in Exams, you know !
IN THE PIT. The Pleased pittite, Look at them windmills—all going round, ..."
6. The Aldermen of the City of London, Temp. Henry III.-1908: With Notes on the by Alfred Beaven Beaven (1908)
"U,,,-Cru-l:y (Bread Street], Whif, 1043 1784. [Poll 7 days ; Closed April C).
•Brook Watson, pittite, 4.78'J. [Elected Alderman of ..."
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