tiddlywinks

Etymology


From, possibly from , perhaps borrowed from , etymology 1 (“unlicensed beerhouse or pawnshop; game played using dominoes”, etc.). The game was patented by a British bank clerk, Joseph Assheton Fincher (1863–1900), on 19 October 1889, and the name trademarked by him the same year. Tiddlywinks is the preferred modern spelling; the earliest known use of this spelling dates from 1894.

Noun

 * 1)  A competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs (each called a tiddlywink or ) as possible into a container (the pot) by pressing on their edges with a larger disc (a shooter or squidger), causing them to jump up from the surface on which they are placed.
 * 2)  Especially in the form to play tiddlywinks: a meaningless or unimportant activity.
 * 1)  Especially in the form to play tiddlywinks: a meaningless or unimportant activity.
 * 1)  Especially in the form to play tiddlywinks: a meaningless or unimportant activity.
 * 1)  Especially in the form to play tiddlywinks: a meaningless or unimportant activity.
 * 1)  Especially in the form to play tiddlywinks: a meaningless or unimportant activity.
 * 1)  Especially in the form to play tiddlywinks: a meaningless or unimportant activity.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: skyfiespel
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 挑圆片
 * Danish: loppespil
 * Dutch: vlooienspel
 * Esperanto: saltodiskoj
 * Finnish: kirppupeli
 * French:
 * German: Flohhüpfspiel, Flohspiel
 * Hungarian: bolha-játék
 * Italian: gioco delle pulci
 * Japanese:, 彈き
 * Latvian: blusiņu spēle
 * Norwegian: loppe-spel
 * Polish: pchełki
 * Portuguese: jogo da pulga
 * Russian: игра́ в бло́шки
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: skakanje buha
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: bolhice
 * Spanish: juego de la pulga,, pulga saltarina
 * Swedish: loppspel
 * Ukrainian: гра в блі́шки