Whit
See also: whit
English
Etymology 1
Noun
Whit (plural Whits)
- The season of Whitsuntide.
Etymology 2
Shortening of the surname of Dick Whittington, London mayor who funded the rebuilding of the prison.
Proper noun
the Whit
- (obsolete, thieves' cant) Newgate Prison in London, England.
- (Can we date this quote?), Georgette Heyer, The Quiet Gentleman
- A Bow Street Runner says "I knew a cove as talked the way you do – leastways, in the way of business I knew him! In fact, you remind me of him very strong […] He was on the dub-lay, and very clever with his fambles. He ended up in the Whit, o’ course."
- (Can we date this quote?), Georgette Heyer, The Quiet Gentleman