ticklers

Noun

tickler (plural ticklers)

1. One who tickles.
2. (informal) A person who or thing which amuses or excites.
3. A reminder.
   • Put it in the tickler file for next week.
4. A latex condom that has additional protrusions, for enhancing the sexual pleasure of the user.
   • I could tell in advance if they were screamers, or leatherettes, or buggers, or great head-givers, or into toys and ticklers – I had it down to an art.2005, Tom Horn, chapter 2, in The Devil and George Bailey, [s.l.]: RSE, published 2011, →ISBN, part III (Fire), page 827

   Synonyms:

   French tickler

5. (dated, informal) Something puzzling or difficult; a conundrum.
6. (US) A tickler file, file cabinet, or similar containing memoranda of deadlines arranged in date order.
   • The moment she bought any item of stocks, any commercial paper or other securities in the course of her Wall-street operations, she at once wrote it down in the tickler.1862, The Parish Will Case, in the Court of Appeals

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