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tiddleywink

tiddleywink

English

Noun

tiddleywink (plural tiddleywinks)

  1. Alternative form of tiddlywink
    • 2004, Anthony Stewart, George Orwell, Doubleness and the Value of Decency (page 74)
      And then you feel all round your pocket and fish out that absurd little thing, all by itself, sticking on the end of your finger like a tiddleywink. The shop-girl sniffs. She spots immediately that it's your last threepence in the world.