Lexicographical Neighbors of Tiddley
Literary usage of Tiddley
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Albert Chevalier: A Record by Himself by Albert Chevalier, Brian Daly (1895)
"... tiddley um, tiddley um, ti tay), "Tis then that everyone pines, (tiddley um,
tiddley um, tiddley um, ti tay). • " ' (Pause for attitude) " ' Then ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1894)
"Tiddly' or ' tiddley,' meaning ' a drink,' has passed into modern slang: witness
the London street-song,' Come and have a tiddley round the corner. ..."
3. A Warwickshire Word-book: Comprising Obsolescent and Dialect Words by G. F. Northall (1896)
"Tiddly ' or ' tiddley.' meaning ' a drink,' has passed into modern slang : witness
the London street-song, ' Come and have a tiddley round the corner. ..."
4. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"In most Pantomimes the music, consisting of what sounds like—scrape, scrape,
scrape, scrape, tiddley- ..."
5. The Night Side of London by Robert Machray (1902)
"Hai, tiddley, ai ! tiddley, ai ! tai, tai ! With the shutting of the public-houses
the motley crowd takes up its miscellanea of sacks, bags, pots, pans, ..."
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