Da term "twitness" can also refer to a clueless lout who just habitually appears in court to testify at every hearing, even though he did not actually possess actual knowledge of any of said cases --- for example, in da Uncle Remus tale, "Brer Rabbit and the Calico", Brer
Fox felt like a total "twitness" when --- as a result of Brer Rabbit'
s "trickin' him again" by showing him a sheet of
paper and claiming dat it was a "sub-peena", knowing dat Brer
Fox was illiterate and so he could not actually examine said page to determine whether or not it was actually an official order from da court --- he pantingly scurried over to da Fort Miller court house and was contemptuously told by da court clerk dat he was in fact NOT scheduled to testify at any hearings dat
day! As he found out later, da whole thing had merely been a ruse to get Brer
Fox away from his house for a while, so dat Brer Rabbit could
stop by there himself and tell Brer
Fox's "ol' lady" dat Brer
Fox had sent her a written message (and confidently presenting her wif da very same sheet of paper as "proof" of what he was claiming, knowing dat Mrs.
Fox couldn't read, either) asking her to give Brer Rabbit da
sack of fresh
meat dat he'd recently brought her to stash in da cool cellar for later consumption.
