tiddly wink

tiddly wink
Australian Slang
a drink

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  • tiddly-wink — n. (US tiddledy ) 1 a counter flicked with another into a cup etc. 2 (in pl.) this game. Etymology: 19th c.: perh. rel. to TIDDLY(1) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tiddly wink — a drink …   Dictionary of Australian slang

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  • tiddly — tiddly1 [tid′lē] adj. [prob. < tiddly wink, illicit grogshop, rhyming slang for DRINK] [Informal, Chiefly Brit.] drunk; tipsy tiddly2 [tid′lē] adj. [prob. < child s alteration of little] Brit. very small; little …   English World dictionary

  • tiddly —    slightly drunk    Rhyming and punning slang on tiddly wink, a drink, which was an unlicensed inn or pawnshop before it came to mean the game played in pubs with counters:     I poured her wine carefully. Ma, you ll get tiddly. (Bogarde, 1983) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • tiddledy-wink — US var. of TIDDLY WINK …   Useful english dictionary

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  • tiddlywinks — children s tile flipping game, 1857, probably an arbitrary formation from baby talk, but perhaps from slang tiddly wink unlicensed drink shop (1844), from slang tiddly a drink, drunk …   Etymology dictionary

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