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• tid|dly|winks — «TIHD lee WIHNGKS», noun. a game in which the players try to make small colored disks jump from a flat surface into a cup by pressing on their edges with larger disks. ╂[origin uncertain] …   Useful english dictionary

• tiddlywinks — tid•dly•winks [[t]ˈtɪd liˌwɪŋks[/t]] also tid•dle•dy•winks [[t]ˈtɪd l di [/t]] n. (used with a sing. v.) gam a game in which small plastic disks are snapped with larger disks against a flat surface into a cup • Etymology: 1835–45; pl. of… …   From formal English to slang

• tiddlywinks — tid|dly|winks [ˈtıdliwıŋks] n [U] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: Probably from tiddlywink place for drinking alcohol (1800 1900), perhaps from tiddly drunk (19 21 centuries)] a children s game in which you try to make small round pieces of plastic… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• tiddlywinks — tid|dly|winks [ tıdli,wıŋks ] noun uncount a game in which you try to make flat round pieces of plastic fly into a container by pressing the edge of them with a larger piece. Each piece is called a tiddlywink …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Tiddlywinks — Tid dly*winks , n. Same as {Tiddledywinks}. Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English