Meaning & use

tiddlywinks

noun·Everyday

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A game in which players use a larger disc to flip small plastic counters into a cup.

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The children spent the rainy afternoon playing tiddlywinks on the living room floor.

There is even a competitive tiddlywinks league with official world championships.

A note on using this word

Treated as a singular game name despite its plural-looking '-s' ending, similar to 'darts' or 'billiards.'

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