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Definition of Tiddlywinks
1. Noun. A game in which players try to flip plastic disks into a cup by pressing them on the side sharply with a larger disk.
Definition of Tiddlywinks
1. n. Same as Tiddledywinks.
Definition of Tiddlywinks
1. Noun. (games) A game in which the objective is to shoot winks into a cup or at a target by flicking them with a shooter (nowadays called a squidger) from a surface. ¹
2. Noun. A competitive partnership game in which the objective is to gain an advantage over opponents by squopping opponent winks and by squidging friendly winks into a pot. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tiddlywinks
1. [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tiddlywinks
Literary usage of Tiddlywinks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stories of Animal Life by Charles Frederick Holder (1899)
"tiddlywinks. TTOT far from the old Mission of San Gabriel, — so near, in fact,
that the sweet notes of the an- ..."
2. Our Animal Friends: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1896)
"tiddlywinks was immediately adopted by the young lady of the house, who made him
a soft nest in her button basket, and fed him with sweetened water, ..."
3. The History of Liquor Licensing in England, Principally from 1700 to 1830 by Sidney Webb, Beatrice (Potter) Webb (1903)
"... a perfect swarm of what, for some inexplicable reason, were called " Tom and
Jerry shops " or " tiddlywinks," were opened in every town and village. ..."
4. The History of Liquor Licensing in England, Principally from 1700 to 1830 by Sidney Webb, Beatrice Potter Webb (1903)
"... a perfect swarm of what, for some inexplicable reason, were called " Tom and
Jerry shops" or " tiddlywinks," were opened in every town and village. ..."
5. Man and Beast Here and Hereafter: Illustrated by More Than Three Hundred by John George Wood (1875)
"... of tiddlywinks. She makes the room ring again with the name, her voice is so
powerful. Sometimes she will play at hide and seek ; and if her mistress ..."
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