TIDDLER


Meaning of TIDDLER in English

■ noun Brit. informal a small fish, especially a stickleback or minnow.

↘a young or unusually small person or thing.

Origin

C19: perh. related to tiddly 2 or tittlebat , a childish form of stickleback .

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