| 单词 | tiddlywinking |
| 释义 | > as lemmastiddlyˈwinking tiddlyˈwinking n. and adj. (a) trifling, pottering; (b) the activity of playing tiddlywinks. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun] > trifling activity or time-wasting loitering1362 triflinga1382 dalliance1567 piddling1580 baubling1608 idlement1622 concessation1623 paddling1642 sauntering1680 puddling1695 dawdle1813 dawdling1819 puttering1835 pottering1844 peddling1851 tiddlywinking1869 loiter1876 frivolling1882 potter1897 muckings1898 futzing1907 piffling1914 fucking1931 monkeying1932 muck-about1968 twatting1989 the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [adjective] > engaged in trifling activity holidayc1450 wantonizing1599 peddling1613 poking1748 pottering1826 poky1828 piffling1848 puttering1855 footering1859 tiddlywinking1869 frivolling1882 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > table game > tiddlywinks, etc. > [noun] > playing tiddlywinking1971 1869 Routledge's Every Boy's Ann. 589 Performed some ‘tiddly-winking’ work, that is he had shifted a few spadesful of earth. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Squatter's Dream vii I wonder what old Morgan would say to all this here tiddley-winkin', with steam-engine, and wire-fences. 1893 J. A. Barry Steve Brown's Bunyip 143 It was a fair an' square game... There wasn't no tiddleywinkin' in the thing. 1971 Ottawa Citizen 6 Feb. (Canad. Mag.) 24 He loves the game so much that in 1967 he played in a 67-hour tiddlywinking marathon. 1977 P. Dickson Mature Person's Guide 162 The general consensus in tiddlywinking circles is that all of this might change if the game was given a new name. < as lemmas |
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