titch

noun /tɪt͡ʃ/

1. A very small person; a small child.

   I ain't afraid of a titch like you.

2. A small amount.

   Is there any milk left? Just a titch.

Where it comes from

From the stage name Little Tich; see tich. Attested since the 1880s. Possibly also from, or influenced by, a word from Old English ticcen (“young goat”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry titch (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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