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cold as a witch's tit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables
cold as a witch's tit
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very cold.

Colloquial; Humorous

Etymology

Apparently coined by the American author Francis Van Wyck Mason: the term first appears in his Novel Spider House, published in 1932.

Usage

Inflected Forms

cold as a witch's teat (alternative) cold as a witch's tit in a brass bra (alternative)

Questions

What does cold as a witch's tit mean?
Very cold.
Where does cold as a witch's tit come from?
Apparently coined by the American author Francis Van Wyck Mason: the term first appears in his Novel Spider House, published in 1932.

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