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kiddleywink dial.|ˈkɪdlɪwɪŋk|
Also kiddle-a-wink, kiddle-e-wink, kiddleliwink, kiddlewink, kiddley wenk, kiddlywink, kidley-wink.
[Origin unknown; cf. tiddlywink 1.]
An ale-house, esp. in the West Country; a low or unlicensed public house (see also quot. 1859).
1830Royal Cornwall Gaz. 25 Dec. 4/6 One hundred and forty public-houses..opened..are called ‘Kidley Winks’. Ibid., A gentleman..suggested to the late Chancellor of the Exchequer the idea of retail-breweries. His name is Kidley Wink—hence the term ‘Kidley Wink’, as applied to the new beer shops. 1859Hotten Dict. Slang 56 Kiddleliwink, a small shop where they retail the commodities of a village store. 1864‘F. Derrick’ Kiddle-a-Wink ii. 92 The dreary little chamber allotted to him..bad as it was,..was better than many a Kiddle-a-wink could boast of. 1865R. Hunt Pop. Romances W. of Eng. 2nd Ser. 109 A drunken frolic..at a low beer shop or ‘Kiddle-e-Wink’. 1890N. & Q. 18 Jan. 48/2 Can any of your correspondents inform me what is the derivation of the word ‘kiddlewink’, or ‘tiddledy winks’? A friend tells me in the Midland Counties it denotes a house where beer is sold without a licence. 1964C. Davey Cornish Holiday ii. 20 The potency of the drink sold in the innumerable public houses in Downlong, and in the ‘kiddleywinks’ or ale-houses near the mines. Ibid. x. 140 A tin-miner, laced with courage from the ‘kiddley-wink’, saw lights amongst the rocks. |