What it means
Titchy means tiny, teeny, smaller than you would like, from Titch, the stage name of a famously short music-hall performer. A titchy portion, a titchy flat, a titchy bit of cake when you were hoping for a slab. Affectionate and a touch disappointed at once, the British word for when something is just too small.
Usage examples
"They gave us a titchy little room with a window facing a wall, but at least it was clean and right by the station."
"They gave us a titchy little hotel room where you had to climb over the bed just to reach the window."
"He cut me a titchy slice of cake while loading his own plate like he was stocking a bunker."
Where it comes from
Comes from Titch, the stage name of Harry Relph, billed as Little Tich, a famously tiny music-hall star of the Victorian age. His smallness lent his name to anything undersized, so titchy became the affectionate British word for teeny, dinky and not quite enough.
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