Obs. Also tint for taunt. [A reduplicated phrase with antithetic modification of the first member: cf. tit for tat. Probably altered from taunt for (pour) taunt (TAUNT sb.1 1).] Retaliation, retort in kind.
1620. T. Granger, Div. Logike, 124. Regestion is commonly termed like for like, pin driuing out a pin, tint for taunt, &c.
1677. Coles, Eng.-Lat. Dict., s.v. Tint, To give one tint for tant, par pari referre.
1710. (title) Tint for Taunt. The Manager Managed … in Remarks … upon a Sermon … in … St. Paul Covent-Garden … by … R. L. Lloyd.
1828. Craven Gloss., s.v., ‘Tint for tant,’ a requital, similar to tit for lat.
