"Highty-tighty" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... "Highty-tighty!" exclaimed the little lady, "that is no way to speak to grown-up people. I expect, too, you are one of my little nieces. Come here at once and say, ...
— A Little Mother to the Others • L. T. Meade
... than once with marked approval. And when they went out into the front garden to wait for the dog-cart, Mr. Carlyon said to her confidentially, "Your friend improves on acquaintance; I thought him a bit stand-offish and highty-tighty yesterday, but I see ...
— Herb of Grace • Rosa Nouchette Carey
... those notches there in the early days," returned John, "when every cowman carried the law on his hip. It's different now. You're altogether too highty-tighty, Jude, for a girl. You keep away from Scott Parsons, or I'll ...
— Judith of the Godless Valley • Honore Willsie
... very cool, I must say! And you're jolly sure of yourself. Don't need help, eh? Highty-tighty all at once." But there was a note of ...
— Apron-Strings • Eleanor Gates |
