单词 | tiddy |
释义 | tiddyn. In the game of gleek, the four of trumps. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > gleek > specific cards Tom1647 Tiba1658 tiddy1662 towser1680 tumbler1680 1662 J. Cotgrave Wits Interpreter (ed. 2) 365 The Ace is called Tib, the Knave Tom, and the four of Trumps Tidie. 1680 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester (ed. 2) vi. 65 (Gleek) The turned up Card is the Dealers; and if it be Tiddy turn'd up is four apiece from each to the Dealer. The Ace is called Tib, the Knave Tom, the four of Trumps Tiddy. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xvi. 73/2. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. v. 114 I gained the cards, and lo you! it pleases his lordship to say, that we played without Tiddy. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018). tiddyadj. dialect or nursery. Small, very small, tiny. Also (reduplicated) tiddy iddy adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] smallOE littleOE litec1275 a little wightc1275 petitc1390 weea1525 pusill1599 slender1610 lile1633 scantling1652 piccaninny1707 pinkie1718 insignificant1748 baby1750 leetle1755 tiddy1781 bit1786 inconsiderable1796 itty1798 peerie1808 tittya1825 titty-tottya1825 ickle1846 tiddly1868 peewee1877 lil1881 shirttail1881 inextensive1890 puny1898 liddle1906 pint-sized1921 pint-size1925 peedie1929 tenas1935 itsy-bitsy1938 itty-bitty1940 titchy1950 scrappy1985 1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) 98 Tidy, small. 1869 W. S. Gilbert Bab Ballads 171 A tiddy iddy daughter, and a tiddy iddy son! 1870 F. P. Verney Lettice Lisle xxii Nought but a tiddy bit o' blue sky. 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 191 I got me a tiddy live 'eathen... Doll in a teacup she were. 1907 Daily News 4 Feb. 2/5 It was only a ‘tiddy’ pup. 1958 M. Kelly Christmas Egg iii. 99 Do you know this Richborough?.. There's a tiddy railway, power cables, and the castle. 1960 ‘N. Shute’ Trustee from Toolroom vi. 133 I filled out the buttocks a tiddy bit on this one. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1662adj.1781 |
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