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noun
An unlicensed beerhouse or pawnshop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, dialectal, obsolete, slang
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Synonyms: kiddlywink
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: leaving shop
noun
An alcoholic drink.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Cockney, UK, archaic, obsolete, slang
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A game played using dominoes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, obsolete
Topics: games
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A small disc used in the game of tiddlywinks; (by extension) a similar disc or counter used in other games.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, obsolete
Qualifier: tiddlywinks
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Synonyms: wink
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Especially of something disc-shaped: to flip over like a disc used in the game of tiddlywinks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, intransitive, obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To play tiddlywinks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, intransitive, obsolete
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Sense 1 (“unlicensed beerhouse or pawnshop”) and sense 2 (“alcoholic drink”) are possibly related to tiddly (“(noun) alcoholic beverage; (adjective) somewhat drunk”).
The noun is possibly derived from tiddly (“(informal) little, tiny”) + wink (“blinking of one eye”), perhaps borrowed from etymology 1. The game, now called tiddlywinks, was patented by a British bank clerk, Joseph Assheton Fincher (1863–1900), on 19 October 1889, and the name Tiddledy-Winks trademarked by him the same year. The verb is derived from the noun.
Across languages
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