How to pronounce tiddlywinks
American English pronunciation
TID-lee-winks
- IPA
- /ˈtɪdliˌwɪŋks/
- Syllables
- TID · lee · winks (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What tiddlywinks means
A game of flicking small plastic disks into a cup
In a sentence: In tiddlywinks, you press on the edge of a small disk to make it hop.
Where it comes from: A British bank clerk named Joseph Fincher patented the game in 1889. No one is sure where its playful name came from.
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