Definition of tiddler
British
: a small fish (such as a stickleback or minnow)
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The company is no tiddler.
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Most of these tiddlers are islands, some tiny, whose governments enjoy a rare platform offered by the Commonwealth for voicing their environmental worries, especially over climate change.
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If Enceladus is a tiddler among moons, Titan is a whopper.
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BRITAIN’S fishing industry is a tiddler, contributing less than 0.1% of GDP.
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Origin and Etymology of tiddler
probably from English dialect tiddly little
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Definition of tiddler for English Language Learners
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: a small fish
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: a small and unimportant person or thing
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