tiddlywinks

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Alternative spellings 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 See also 1.5 References

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Alternative spellings

The original spelling, starting in 1889, is "Tiddledy-Winks", which was the original trademarked name for the game in the UK and also used in the USA. "Tiddlywinks" is the preferred modern spelling; the earliest known use of this spelling is 1894. The spelling "Tidley Winks" was common in England in the 1930s to late 1940s. Many other spellings are also encountered.

• Tiddledy-Winks
• Tidley Winks
• Tiddley Winks

[edit] Noun

tiddlywinks (uncountable)

1. (games) A game in which the objective is to shoot winks into a cup or at a target by flicking them with a shooter (nowadays called a squidger) from a surface.
2. A competitive partnership game in which the objective is to gain an advantage over opponents by squopping opponent winks and by squidging friendly winks into a pot.

[edit] Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

[edit] Translations

In most languages other than English, the name of the game translates as "game of the flea". (Exceptions below are Afrikaans (translates to "disc game") and Esperanto ("hop disc").)

Courtesy http://www.tiddlywinks.org/lexicon/tw_in_other_languages.html

[edit] See also

A complete tiddlywinks lexicon is available at http://www.tiddlywinks.org/lexicon. The best known tiddlywinks terms are:

boondock Bristol Carnovsky gromp

piddle pot squidger squop wink

[edit] References

• 1889 (May 15), Trade Marks Journal (UK), Page 476, Class 49, number 85,500: TIDDLEDY-WINKS
• Tiddlywinks Lexicon - http://www.tiddlywinks.org/lexicon
• Tiddlywinks - http://www.tiddlywinks.org