titfer

'Very poor,' said the barman, taking my titfer and perching it on his head.

'You mean the jury might get a peep at the titfer, and convict without leaving the box?"

"Afternoon Alan, afternoon everyone," says John Davies, doffing his titfer.

Cor blimey guv and that's a fine little film you've got there too, well shot and edited, I doff my titfer to your crew person.

Tike 'ome lot eels, thankee and tip o' the titfer t' you, mate."

When Peg made grandiose statements about her husband's press conferences and tendencies towards lamaic meditation it may be said without fear of contradic-tion that the fat woman was shooting a line through her metaphorical titfer.