tiddleywink n.1
1. (also tiddlywink, tidleywink) an unlicensed establishment (e.g. a beerhouse, pawnbroker’s or brothel).
![]() | Parsons and Widows (1857) 228: This most abominable business, which does more to demoralise and ruin the lower classes than a Tom and Jerry, tidley-wink, or gin-shop. | |
![]() | Sl. and Its Analogues. |
2. (also tiddlewink) a snack, a bite of food.
![]() | Brown’s Bunyip 34: A drop o’ good stuff, now, to wash these ’ere tiddlewinks down with. |