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Tiddley Winks

Tiddley Winks is the alternative spelling of tiddlywinks.

Meaning of tiddlywinks

Noun

tiddlywinks pl (plural only)

  1. (also, attributive, plural, plural-only) A competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs (each called a tiddlywink or wink) as possible into a container (the pot) by pressing on their edges with a larger disc (a shooter or squidger), causing them to jump up from the surface on which they are placed.
    • Can any of your correspondents inform me what is the derivation of the word "kiddlewink," or "tiddledy winks"? A friend tells me in the Midland Counties it denotes a house where beer is sold without a licence. Lately a game has been introduced here bearing the name of "Tiddledywinks."[1890 January 18, M. D., “Queries. [Kiddlewink.]”, in Notes and Queries: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, General Readers, etc., volume IX (7th Series), number 212, London: Published...
    Synonyms:
    winks
  2. (figuratively, plural, plural-only) Especially in the form to play tiddlywinks: a meaningless or unimportant activity.

Questions about Tiddley Winks

What is Tiddley Winks the alternative spelling of?
Tiddley Winks is the alternative spelling of tiddlywinks.

Words near Tiddley Winks in the dictionary

  1. tiddlers
  2. tiddles
  3. tiddley
  4. tiddley suit
  5. tiddley suits
  6. Tiddley Winks
  7. tiddleys
  8. tiddleywink
  9. tiddleywinks
  10. tiddlier
  11. tiddlies

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