tiddlywinkn.
/ˈtɪdlɪwɪŋk/, /ˈtɪdl̩ɪwɪŋk/, U.S. /ˈtɪdliˌwɪŋk/ 1.
a. An unlicensed public-house or pawnshop; a small beershop; also kiddlywink. slang.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > beer- or ale-house
alehouselOE
beer-housea1513
change1609
barley-islanda1634
China-alehouse1662
mum-house1662
mug-house1685
purl house1700
porterhouse?1730
beer-cellar1732
kiddleywink1830
beer hall1837
tiddlywink1844
beer-garden1863
brasserie1864
purl-boat1902
bierstube1909
keller1927
bierhaus1930
1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows II. xxxiv. 275 Which does more to demoralize..the lower classes than a Tom and Jerry, tidley-wink, or gin-shop.
1887 W. Beatty-Kingston Mus. & Manners II. 15 All the tiny tiddlywinks and spacious beer-gardens filled to overflowing.
b. Rhyming slang. A drink.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of
strong drink?1490
drink1535
whiff1605
tip1612
wet1719
swilla1731
booze1732
slug1756
whitter1786
intoxication1799
O (or oh) be joyful1823
sneezer1823
north-wester1830
drain1836
damp1837
smile1839
snifter1844
liquor1860
rosiner1871
tiddlywink1880
bevvy1889
gargle1889
snort1889
jolt1904
smahan1914
tincture1914
taste1919
piss1925
drinkie1947
smash1959
shant1960
1880 D. W. Barrett Life & Work among Navvies (ed. 2) ii. ii. 40 Now, Jack, I'm goin' to get a tiddley wink of pig's ear.
1960 J. Franklyn Dict. Rhyming Slang 129/1 Tiddly wink..is applied more frequently to ‘shorts’..than to beer.
2.
a. A game played with dominoes.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > table game > dominoes > [noun] > forms of game
rounce1845
tiddlywink1857
matador1865
all fives1868
muggins1868
Malakoff1870
all fours1872
sniff1917
1857 ‘Ducange Anglicus’ Vulgar Tongue 43 At knock'emsdown and tiddlywink, To be a sharp you must not shrink.
1870 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. Nov. 672 The marked difference between Tidley-wink and other games of dominoes.
?1870 F. Hardy & J. R. Ware Mod. Hoyle 104 [article Dominoes] Tiddle-a-wink game... In this game..he who plays out first cries Tiddle-a-wink, having won.
b. plural. A game in which small counters are caused to spring from the table into a bell-like or cylindrical receptacle, by pressing upon their edges with larger counters. Also attributive. Also used figuratively of a useless or frivolous activity; esp. in to play tiddlywinks, to waste time on trivia.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > table game > tiddlywinks, etc. > [noun]
squails1862
tiddlywinks1889
winks1942
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > be unimportant [verb (intransitive)] > behave in unimportant way
to pick a salad1520
niggle1599
to play tiddlywinks1919
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > insubstantial > frivolous or not serious
fribbling1654
frivolism1778
featherweight1812
frivolitya1832
fandangle1835
frivol1903
tiddlywinks1919
1889 Trade Marks Jrnl. 15 May 476 Tiddledy-Winks... Toys or games. Joseph Assheton Fincher.
1890 Amer. Stationer 18 Sept. 691 In ‘Tiddledy Wink Tennis’ E. I. Horsman..has brought out a very pretty and lively parlor game.
1892 E. Lytton Let. 24 Apr. in E. Lutyens Blessed Girl (1953) vii. 97 We all played the most exciting game that ever was invented, called Tiddleywinks. It consists in flipping counters in a bowl.
1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 236/2 Tiddledy Winks may be played by any number... Each player is provided with four to six counters..and one larger one..to press to the edge of the smaller one and..cause it to jump into the cup..in the centre of the table.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 4 Jan. 2/1 Cards, tiddley-winks, and ludo are played.
1906 19th Cent. Mar. 509 The Empress suggested the game of tiddlywinks for the Emperor's amusement.
1919 Collier's 8 Feb. 7 There's trouble down there and I've been playing tiddledy-winks on Broadway!
1947 Economist 18 Oct. 626/1 The storm was long predicted..yet when its first icy gust blew in the windows of the Cabinet room.., it found the Ministers playing tiddleywinks.
1964 New Yorker 4 Apr. 147 Others seem to take little interest in the organized activities, describing them as ‘make-work’ or ‘tiddlywinks’.
1975 Way to Play 135/1 Tiddlywinks golf sets, with tiddlywinks, greens, obstacles, and holes, are produced by various toy manufacturers.
1980 Disarmament Times 6 Oct. 4/4 This is not a game of diplomatic tiddleywinks. It is, rather, the game of human survival.
c. Any of the counters used in the game of tiddlywinks (sense 2b); hence, a similar counter used in other games.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > table game > tiddlywinks, etc. > [noun] > counter
squails1862
wink1890
tiddlywink1891
1891 J. K. Bangs Tiddledywinks Tales 35 Jimmieboy thought a great deal of his Tiddledewinks and had been playing with them nearly all that day.
1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath iii. 22 His front wheel struck the edge of the shell, flipped the turtle like a tiddly-wink,..and rolled it off the highway.
1949 ‘G. Orwell’ Nineteen Eighty-four iii. 296 Soon he was wildly excited and shouting with laughter as the tiddleywinks climbed hopefully up the ladders and then came slithering down the snakes again.
1977 B. Jewell Sports & Games 109 The object was to flip the tiddlywink into one of the window openings and so ring the bell.
3. plural. Knick-knacks of victuals. slang.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > delicacy or titbit
daintethc1290
daintyc1300
morselc1390
confection1393
delicec1405
delicacya1425
delicatea1475
friandise1484
deliciositiesa1500
daintive1526
junket1538
knack1548
daintrel1575
cate1578
pulpament1600
gaudy1622
regalo1622
daint1633
titbita1641
scitament1656
regale1673
knick-knack1682
nicety1704
bonne bouche1721
diablotin1770
sunket1788
regalement1795
confiture1802
bon-bon1821
sock1825
delicatessen1853
good things1861
tiddlywinks1893
1893 J. A. Barry Steve Brown's Bunyip 34 A drop o' good stuff, now, to wash these 'ere tiddlewinks down with.
Derivatives
ˈtiddlywink v. (intransitive) (a) to flip like a counter in tiddlywinks; (b) to play tiddlywinks.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > revolution or rotation > revolve or rotate [verb (intransitive)] > turn over and over or roll > flip over
tiddlywink1965
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > table game > tiddlywinks, etc. > [verb (intransitive)]
wink1955
tiddlywink1965
1965 Northeastern Reporter 2nd Ser. CCVI. 847/2 We have raised a lot of manhole covers, and you never walk across them to see if they are going to tiddlywink.
1980 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 11 Feb. 1. 6/4 (heading) Fame opens the eyes of those who tiddlywink.
tiddlyˈwinker n. (a) a cheat, a trifler; (b) a tiddlywinks player.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > dishonesty > dishonest person > [noun]
faitoura1340
fob1393
feature14..
foolmonger1593
napper1653
tiddlywinker1893
the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting > one who
musardc1330
tifflerc1535
dalliera1568
pingler1578
puddlera1585
wag-wanton1601
fiddle-faddle1602
piddler1602
pedlara1625
potterer1837
frivolist1884
frivoller1889
tiddlywinker1893
muck-about1933
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > one who deceives
swikec1000
wielerOE
adderOE
knavec1275
treacherc1290
guiler1303
gabbera1325
tricharda1327
faitoura1340
jugglera1340
beswiker1340
wernard1362
knackerc1380
beguilera1382
deceiver1382
illusor1382
deceivant1393
fob1393
falsea1400
mocker?c1450
feature14..
deceptor1484
seductor1490
bullera1500
troker?a1500
craftera1529
circumventorc1540
bobber1542
cloyner?1550
illuder?1550
tricker1550
double-dealer1567
treacherer1571
falsary1573
abuser1579
falser1579
treachetour1590
deluder1592
ignis fatuus1592
foolmonger1593
prestigiator1595
aguiler1598
baffler1606
cog-foist1606
feaguer1610
guile-man1614
hocus-pocus1624
colt1632
hoodwink1638
blindfoldera1649
napper1653
cheat1664
fooler1677
underdealer1682
circumvenerc1686
chincher1688
dodger1698
nickum1699
sheep-shearer1699
trickster1711
bilker1717
trickologist1723
taker-in1776
bilk1790
duper1792
Yorkshire bite1801
intake1808
gammoner1819
doer1840
delusionist1841
fiddler1857
snide1874
hoodwinker1884
tanger1886
take-down1888
tiddlywinker1893
wangler1912
frost1914
twicer1924
lurkman1945
jive-ass1964
skanker1973
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > table game > tiddlywinks, etc. > [noun] > player
tiddlywinker1893
tiddler1958
winker1958
1893 J. A. Barry Steve Brown's Bunyip 145 They're nothin' but a lot o' tiddleywinkers up there.
1958 Sports Illustr. 7 Apr. m5 Each tiddlywinker plays with two large and four medium-size winks.
1975 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. 25 May iv. 2/2 Dean, a high school mathematics teacher, is certainly Britain's top Tiddlywinker.
tiddlyˈwinking n. and adj. (a) trifling, pottering; (b) the activity of playing tiddlywinks.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting
loitering1362
triflinga1382
dalliance1567
piddling1580
baubling1608
idlement1622
concessation1623
paddling1642
sauntering1680
puddling1695
dawdle1813
dawdling1819
puttering1835
pottering1844
peddling1851
tiddlywinking1869
loiter1876
frivolling1882
potter1897
muckings1898
futzing1907
piffling1914
fucking1931
monkeying1932
muck-about1968
twatting1989
the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [adjective] > engaged in trifling activity
holidayc1450
wantonizing1599
peddling1613
poking1748
pottering1826
poky1828
piffling1848
puttering1855
footering1859
tiddlywinking1869
frivolling1882
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > table game > tiddlywinks, etc. > [noun] > playing
tiddlywinking1971
1869 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 589 Performed some ‘tiddly-winking’ work, that is he had shifted a few spadesful of earth.
1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Squatter's Dream vii I wonder what old Morgan would say to all this here tiddley-winkin', with steam-engine, and wire-fences.
1893 J. A. Barry Steve Brown's Bunyip 143 It was a fair an' square game... There wasn't no tiddleywinkin' in the thing.
1971 Ottawa Citizen 6 Feb. (Canad. Mag.) 24 He loves the game so much that in 1967 he played in a 67-hour tiddlywinking marathon.
1977 P. Dickson Mature Person's Guide 162 The general consensus in tiddlywinking circles is that all of this might change if the game was given a new name.
tiddlyˈwinky adj. dialect tiny, insignificant.
ΚΠ
1901 ‘Zack’ Tales Dunstable Weir 23 Over against Martin's cottage there was a tiddliwinkie bit o' a wood.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1844