"tissy" meaning in English

See tissy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: tissies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tissy (plural tissies)
  1. Alternative form of tizzy (“state of excitement or distress”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tizzy (extra: state of excitement or distress)
    Sense id: en-tissy-en-noun-El7gVGTR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1950, The Land, volumes 9-10, page 329:",
          "text": "But I shall have to foster this fairy story for it would upset the parson more if he knew that my wife prefers this cave man treatment to joining the ten clubs which keep the ladies of our town perpetually awheel and in a tissy.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1967, Soap, Cosmetics, Chemical Specialties, page 201:",
          "text": "The Duveen acquisition has the private label toilet soap boys in a tissy.",
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