tiddler
Britishnoun
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a very small fish or aquatic creature, esp a stickleback, minnow, or tadpole
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a small child, esp one undersized for its age
Etymology
Origin of tiddler
C19: from dialectal tittlebat, childish variant of stickleback , influenced by tiddly 1
Example Sentences
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But he bogeyed 15, missed a tiddler on 16 and devilish short one on 18 to open the door for a ragged DeChambeau.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024
The Green Party of England and Wales remains a tiddler, but there is evidence it is growing, and growing in confidence.
From BBC • May 9, 2021
Out of position to see approaches on the par-5 second, we incorrectly assumed the tiddler McIlroy missed had been for birdie.
From Golf Digest • Apr. 10, 2018
Edinburgh-based and privately owned First Oil is a truly Scottish company but it is a tiddler in production terms with output of 6,500 barrels a day out of a total UK output of almost 1m.
From The Guardian • May 29, 2014
Xstrata went from tiddler to giant in a decade thanks to a string of canny purchases by Mr Davis.
From Economist • Feb. 9, 2012
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