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UK
/pˈɪtɐ/
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NOUN
- any bird of the genus Pitta; brilliantly colored chiefly terrestrial birds with short wings and tail and stout bills
How To Use pitta In A Sentence
- The hummus was creamy with tahini and lemon, although the pittas were a bit dry.
- It's a sweet deal for General Motors, which snags 2% of world market share for a pittance.
- This our last answer we send unto hir with the Lord Ruthven and Laird of Pittarrow; requiring of hir Grace, in plane wordis, to signifie unto us what houpe we myeht have of hir favouris toward the outsetting of religioun. The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)
- Salad sarnies, hummus and pitta bread and cheese on toast (only OK for lacto-vegetarians anyway) can get really boring.
- Moreover it seems to me atrocious that we who insist on seven millions of Catholics supporting a church they call heretical, should dare to talk of our scruples (conscientious scruples forsooth!) about assisting with a poor pittance of very insufficient charity their 'damnable idolatry.' The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- With a pittance of a salary, how could they be enthused to become proactive people?
- My companions fell for the chicken and mushroom vol-au-vents served with salad and the chilli in pitta bread clicked with our photographer.
- Even though pittas are often very brightly colored, the color is usually located either on their undersides or on areas that can be covered when the wings are folded.
- Like superposh toasted pitta with tarama. Times, Sunday Times
- Cram the lumps of chicken into hot pitta bread with the spiced yoghurt and some shredded crisp lettuce.