titman

tit·man

 (tĭt′mən)
n. New England & Upstate New York
1. A runt, especially one of a litter of pigs.
2. A small person: "We are a race of tit-men, and soar but little higher in our intellectual flights than the columns of the daily paper" (Henry David Thoreau).
[tit + man.]
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titman

(ˈtɪtmən)
n, pl -men
(Agriculture) (of pigs) the runt of a litter
[tit- (as in titmouse) + man]
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