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单词 kiddlywink
释义

kiddlywink

English

Etymology

Possibly related to tiddlywink or kiddywink.

Noun

kiddlywink (plural kiddlywinks)

  1. (Cornwall, historical) A small pub only licensed to sell beer or cider.
    • 1974, Marjorie Watson, Heir to Polventon →ISBN
      "And we have a notion how much he had to drink in the kiddlywink."
    • 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.
    • 2011, Patricia Gaffney, Lily, Open Road Media →ISBN
      There's a kiddlywink there where my crew and l have spent many a happy hour.”
  2. (humorous) A child.
    • 2007, Ally Blake, Millionaire to the Rescue, Harlequin →ISBN, page 35
      '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.'
    • 2013, Anna Kemp, The Great Brain Robbery, Simon and Schuster →ISBN
      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 sherbet
    • 2014, Andrea Ashworth, Once in a House on Fire: Picador Classic, Pan Macmillan →ISBN
      'Well, kiddlywinks' –she touched her face round the edges– 'we've somebody coming tos ee us. Tomorrow, first thing.'
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