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tiddly suit

tiddly suit noun: a sailor's best uniform, often tailored and not strictly to regulation.

Noun

tiddly suit (plural tiddly suits)

  1. A sailor's best uniform, often tailored and not strictly to regulation.

Forms of tiddly suit

pluraltiddly suits
alternative formtiddley suit

Origin of tiddly suit

Probably connected to tidy. Granville (1950) claims that it is "from tidy, influenced by titivate", while Jolly (2018) states that it "appears merely to be a whimsical corruption of tidily".

Questions about tiddly suit

What does tiddly suit mean?
Tiddly suit means a sailor's best uniform, often tailored and not strictly to regulation.
What part of speech is tiddly suit?
Tiddly suit is a noun.
What is the plural of tiddly suit?
The plural of tiddly suit is tiddly suits.

Words near tiddly suit in the dictionary

  1. tiddlies
  2. tiddliest
  3. tiddliness
  4. tiddling
  5. tiddly
  6. tiddly suit
  7. tiddly suits
  8. tiddly-om-pom-pom
  9. tiddlywink
  10. tiddlywinked
  11. tiddlywinker

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