(Anglo-Indian).—1. A letter; corruption of a Hindoo word.
1785. In Seton-Karr, I., 114. [They] may know his terms by sending a CHIT. [M.]
1887. Chambers’s Journal, 25 June, p. 411. He had brought a note or CHITTI, as they call it in those parts [Bengal].
2. (society).—An order for drinks in clubs, etc. [Obviously an extended use of sense 1. In India the practice of writing CHITS or notes on the smallest provocation has always been carried to excess.]
3. (common).—A girl, under age and undersized. For general synonyms, see TITTER.
4. subs. (Scots’).—Food eaten in the hand: as a THUMBER (q.v.), a workman’s lunch, and a child’s PIECE (q.v.).
