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单词 tiddy
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tiddyn.

/ˈtɪdi/
Etymology: Origin unknown: perhaps = teddy n.
In the game of gleek, the four of trumps.
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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.

/ˈtɪdi/
Etymology: Origin obscure. (The spelling tidy in quot. 1781 is not recorded elsewhere and may be an error.)
dialect or nursery.
Small, very small, tiny. Also (reduplicated) tiddy iddy adj.
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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).
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