英和和英

名詞

pittie (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 pitties)

1. Obsolete spelling of pity

語源 2

pit (“pit bull terrier”) +‎ -ie

名詞

pittie (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 pitties)

1. (informal, affectionate) A pit bull terrier.
   • 2012, Marta Acosta, Dark Companion, page 33:

     I was used to slammed doors, rumbling buses, shouting, snarling pitties, police sirens, […]

   • 2014, Ellen Cooney, The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances, page 247:

     Maybe he'd want a signal from me that he should rush to the carrier and retrieve a pittie on his own— a small one, alive, our new class pet.

   • 2015, Sara Ernest, "Love in Rescue", Quorum, August 2015, page 6:

     Lori and I rescued a pittie from a local rescue organization and our lives have never been the same.

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:pittie.

同意語

• pibble (くだけた用法), pit (スラング), pit bull, shitbull (pejorative), velvet hippo (スラング)