pres. pple. nonce-wd. In quot. tuptowing. [f. Gr. τύπτω, 1st pers. pres. ind. of τύπτειν (as the verb commonly learned first) + -ING2.] Conjugating τύπτω; ‘grinding’ at Greek (and Latin) verbs.
[1762. Sterne, Tr. Shandy, V. xlii. Seven long years … τυπτω-ing it, at Greek and Latin.]
1824. Scott, Redgauntlet, ch. xiv. Jack Hadaway … was ‘tuptowing’ away with a dozen of wretched boys.
