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▪ I. tiddy, n.|ˈtɪdɪ|
[Origin unknown: perh. = teddy.]
In the game of gleek, the four of trumps.
1655[see Tib n. 2]. 1680Cotton Compl. Gamester vi. (ed. 2) 65 (Gleek) The turned up Card is the Dealers; and if it be Tiddy turn'd up is four apiece from each to the Dealer. The Ace is called Tib, the Knave Tom, the four of Trumps Tiddy. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. xvi. (Roxb.) 73/2. 1822 Scott Nigel xvi, I gained the cards, and lo you! it pleases his lordship to say that we played without tiddy.
▪ II. tiddy, a. dial. or nursery.|ˈtɪdɪ|
[Origin obscure. (The spelling tidy in quot. 1781 is not recorded elsewhere and may be an error.)]
Small, very small, tiny. Also (redupl.) tiddy iddy a.
1781J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) 98 Tidy, small. 1869W. S. Gilbert Bab Ballads x. 171 A tiddy iddy daughter, and a tiddy iddy son! 1896Kipling Seven Seas 191, I got me a tiddy live 'eathen... Doll in a teacup she were. 1907Daily News 4 Feb. 2/5 It was only a ‘tiddy’ pup. 1958M. Kelly Christmas Egg iii. 99 Do you know this Richborough?.. There's a tiddy railway, power cables, and the castle. 1960‘N. Shute’ Trustee from Toolroom vi. 133, I filled out the buttocks a tiddy bit on this one. |