TIDDLER


Meaning of TIDDLER in English

n. Brit. colloq. 1 a small fish, esp. a stickleback or minnow. 2 an unusually small thing or person.

[ perh. rel. to TIDDLY(2) and tittlebat, a childish form of stickleback ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary.      Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка.