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Definition of Tiddly
1. Adjective. Slightly intoxicated.
Definition of Tiddly
1. Noun. (slang) An alcoholic beverage. ¹
2. Adjective. drunk ¹
3. Adjective. (colloquial) tiny or little bit ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tiddly
1. slightly drunk [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tiddly
Literary usage of Tiddly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1905)
"... Highty-ighty tiddly-ighty, tiddly-ighty-ow." This manifestation, we discover
in due time, was an effect, not of insanity, but of a surplus of sanity. ..."
2. The Club of Queer Trades by Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1905)
"... Highty-ighty tiddly-ighty tiddly-ighty ow." He then retired from public life
and took the garret in Lambeth. I was sitting there one evening, ..."
3. He Knew He was Right by Anthony Trollope (1869)
"Any gentleman acting in our way can't be too particular,—can't have too many facts.
The smallest little,—tiddly things,"—and ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"tiddly, v. to do the better or lighter household work. These three words, used
long ago to the mother of ... but I caan't tiddly," said the Cornish servant. ..."
5. A Glossary of Words and Phrases Pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland by William Dickinson (1880)
"tiddly, v. to do the better or lighter household work. These three words, used
long ago to the mother of an old friend, thus: "What can you do? ..."
6. The Mysteries of the Court of London by George William MacArthur Reynolds (1863)
"Well, I was working the tiddly wink with a mob, when a feller comes np and gets
into conversation. I sair he was a leary chap, and thought he'd suit as a ..."
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