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tiddly

adjective
tid·dly | \ˈti-dᵊl-ē, ˈtid-lē\

Definition of tiddly 

chiefly British

: slightly drunk

Examples of tiddly in a Sentence

after sampling the single malts at several Scottish distilleries, by day's end we were definitely a little tiddly

First Known Use of tiddly

1905, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for tiddly

tiddly an alcoholic drink, probably from English dialect tiddly

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