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tiddlywink

tid·dly·wink

tiddlywink · tiddlywinks

An unlicensed beerhouse or pawnshopAn unlicensed beerhouse or pawnshop.

UK/ˈtɪdəlɪwɪŋk/US/ˈtɪdliˌwɪŋk/

Значення

значень: 4

(Британія, архаїчне, діалектне, застаріле, сленг)An unlicensed beerhouse or pawnshop.
(Cockney, Британія, архаїчне, застаріле, сленг)An alcoholic drink.
(Британія, архаїчне, застаріле)A game played using dominoes.
(Британія, архаїчне, застаріле)A small disc used in the game of tiddlywinks; (by extension) a similar disc or counter used in other games.

Походження

Sense 1 (“unlicensed beerhouse or pawnshop”) and sense 2 (“alcoholic drink”) are possibly

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.

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