[Ads-l] Still Further Antedating of "Tiddlywink"

[Shapiro, Fred]

tiddlywink (OED 1844)


1828 _Morning Advertiser_ 2 Oct. 3/3 (British Newspaper Archive)  A Gentleman present ... said, that gambling was at the root of the greatest evils in the prison.  A game played with dice and a card, called "Tiddley Wink," was in common practice.


Fred Shapiro


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