tiddly suit

noun

A sailor's best uniform, often tailored and not strictly to regulation.

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Meanings

nountiddly suit (plural tiddly suits)

plural tiddly suits · alternative tiddley suit

  1. nauticalA sailor's best uniform, often tailored and not strictly to regulation.

Origin

Probably connected to tidy. Granville (1950) claims that it is "from tidy, influenced by titivate", while Jolly (2018) states that it "appears merely to be a whimsical corruption of tidily".

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APA

tiddly suit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiddly%20suit

MLA

“tiddly suit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiddly%20suit. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tiddly suit,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tiddly%20suit.

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