tiger tiger

noun

tiger tiger

noun

Etymology Originally a brand name, presumably inspired by William Blake's 1794 poem The Tyger, which begins: "Tyger Tyger, burning bright".

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Canada, US Synonym of tiger tail (“ice-cream flavor”).

  • It was ice cream heaven. "I'd recommend Tiger, Tiger," he said. "It's the perfect taste for this kind of day."1998, Arthur G. Slade, Draugr, page 87:
  • Tommy walked alone beside the river, ate a screaming-hot burrito from a truck in the park and then cooled his mouth with a tiger-tiger ice-cream cone from a fifties-style diner on Main Street.2009, Anita Daher, On the Trail of the Bushman, page 22:

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