Tiddlywinks

/ˈtɪdəlɪwɪŋks/

Synonyms for "tiddlywinks" (17 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Strong matches (5)

Noun(5 words)
discequipment setflickflipgame

Related words (8)

Noun(7 words)
game setparlor gamepastimeshoottokentosstoy with

Related word relations

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More general

11 entries
child's gameequipmentflicking actiongamegame piecekitminor motor actionperform a game actionplay the gamerecreational activitytoy piece

More specific

7 entries
flick aimlesslyflick playfullyland a winkscore a winktiddlywink cuptiddlywink disctiddlywinks set

Collocations

9 entries
play tiddlywinkstiddlywink cuptiddlywink disctiddlywinks competitiontiddlywinks gametiddlywinks rulestiddlywinks settiddlywinks strategytiddlywinks tournament

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

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Can any of your correspondents inform me what is the derivation of the word "kiddlewink," or "tiddledy winks"? A friend tells me in the Midland Counties it denotes a house where beer is sold without a licence. Lately a game has been introduced here bearing the name of "Tiddledywinks."

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Recreation rooms were provided for both boys and girl, and the long winter evenings were anything but dreary, for when school was done and work over the children gathered in the brilliantly lit, hot-pipe-heated rooms and played draughts, bagatelle, lotto, or tiddly-winks.

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What had been his hypothetical singular solutions? Parlour games (dominos, halma, tiddledywinks, spilikins, cup and ball, nap, spoil five, bezique, twentyfive, beggar my neighbour, draughts, chess or backgammon): […]

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Mantrap—Sinclair Lewis—Harcourt, Brace. The great realist plays an amusing game of tiddlywinks in the north woods.

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