Definition of Tidy sum

1. Noun. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. "A wad of money"


Lexicographical Neighbors of Tidy Sum

tidifes
tidily
tidiness
tidinesses
tiding
tidings
tidivate
tidivated
tidivates
tidivating
tidley
tidology
tids
tidy
tidy-up
tidy sum (current term)
tidy tips
tidy up
tidy whities
tidying
tidyings
tidytips
tie
tie-break
tie-dye
tie-dyed
tie-dyeing
tie-dyes
tie-dying
tie-in

Literary usage of Tidy sum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Convention to Revise the Constitution. June, 1912 by New Hampshire Constitutional Convention, New Hampshire Secretary of State (1912)
"the figures to us is a very conservative man, and at his figures the tax would amount to $2000000 a year,—quite a tidy sum. The automobile trunk lines could ..."

2. Minutes and Testimony of the Joint Legislative Committee Appointed to by New York (State), Legislature (1916)
"Q. It is a tidy sum ? A. A what —• a tidy sum ? Q. It is a tidy sum, worth a court's considering? A. Well, I don't know whether it was a tidy sum or not. ..."

3. Word and Phrase: True and False Use in English by Joseph Fitzgerald (1901)
"In the current phrase, " he has a tidy sum of money," tidy has again a meaning that would seem to attach rather to timely ; for what is a "tidy" sum? ..."

4. Word and Phrase: True and False Use in English by Joseph Fitzgerald (1901)
"In the current phrase, " he has a tidy sum of money," tidy has again a meaning that would seem to attach rather to timely ; for what is a " tidy " sum ? ..."

5. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1886)
"Yes, it is a tidy sum," said Peter, not a little disappointed by this reception of his confidence, " a very tidy sum ..."

6. The Bookman (1910)
"... the Boston folk paid him a hundred dollars for his portraits, a tidy sum in those days. No man was more clever than Alexander in securing patrons. ..."

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