tidley winks

A form of tiddlywinks — A competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs (each called a tiddlywink or wink) 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.

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proper noun
  1. UKalternativedatedAlternative spelling of tiddlywinksFirst known use chiefly 1920s–1940s
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