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.
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