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it⋅ty-bit⋅ty

  [it-ee-bit-ee]
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–adjective Informal.
very small; tiny.
Also, it⋅sy-bit⋅sy  [it-see-bit-see] .

Origin:
1890–95; rhyming compound based on little bit; cf. -sy, -y 1
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it·ty-bit·ty   (ĭt'ē-bĭt'ē)   
adj.   Informal
Very small.

[Probably alteration of little bit.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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itty-bitty [ˈɪdiˈbɪdi] and [ˈɪtsiˈbɪtsi]

and itsy-bitsy
  1. mod.
    tiny. : Give me an itsy-bitsy piece. I'm on a diet.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

itsy-bitsy 
1938, "charmingly small," from itty (1798, in a letter of Jane Austen), baby-talk form of little.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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