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tit⋅bit

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–noun Chiefly British.
tidbit.

tid⋅bit

  [tid-bit]
–noun
1. a delicate bit or morsel of food.
2. a choice or pleasing bit of anything, as news or gossip.
Also, especially British, titbit.

Origin:
1630–40; tide 1 (in sense “feast day”) + bit 2
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tid·bit   (tĭd'bĭt')   
n.  A choice morsel, as of gossip or food: "The book is chock-full of colorful tidbits about theater and theater people" (Alec Guinness).

[Perhaps obsolete and dialectal tid, tender + bit1.]
tit·bit   (tĭt'bĭt')   
n.  Variant of tidbit.
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Word Origin & History

tidbit 
c.1640, probably from dialectal tid "fond, solicitous, tender" + bit "morsel."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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