kiddlywink
nounEtymology Possibly related to tiddlywink or kiddywink.
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Cornwall, Historical A small pub only licensed to sell beer or cider.
- "And we have a notion how much he had to drink in the kiddlywink."1974, Marjorie Watson, Heir to Polventon, →ISBN:
- 1980, John Hugh Norton Mason, West country walks and legends, Academy Chicago Pub Bessie's Cove was said to be named after a Bessie Burrows who kept a small 'kiddlywink' inn on the cliff-top.
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- There's a kiddlywink there where my crew and l have spent many a happy hour.”2011, Patricia Gaffney, Lily, Open Road Media, →ISBN:
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Historical A small village shop.
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Humorous A child.
- 'My sweet kiddlywinks, we are going on a car trip into the mountains and there we 'll stay in Danny's house in the rainforest.'2007, Ally Blake, Millionaire to the Rescue, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 35:
- Frankie wasn't sure he liked being called a kiddlywink but, as the air fizzed around him, he felt his worries dissolve like a spoonful of sherbet2013, Anna Kemp, The Great Brain Robbery, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
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- 'Well, kiddlywinks' –she touched her face round the edges– 'we've somebody coming tos ee us. Tomorrow, first thing.'2014, Andrea Ashworth, Once in a House on Fire: Picador Classic, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN: