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tickler

[ tik-ler ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that tickles.
tickler file.
Accounting. a single-entry account arranged according to the due dates of obligations.
Electronics, Radio. tickler coil.

tickler

/ ˈtɪklə /

Origin of tickler¹

First recorded in 1670–80; tickle + -er ¹

These wonderful toe ticklers work out kinks, sore spots, and tension.

Joe was sitting in the chimney corner, and told him Mrs. Joe had been out to look for him, and taken Tickler with her.

Tickler was a wax-ended piece of cane, worn smooth by collision with my tickled frame.

The second trench was soon cleared out, and our bomb throwers—we call them 'Tickler's Artillery'—did terrible execution.

Tickler was a cane, and Pip was rather depressed by this piece of news.

Tickler was a wax-ended piece of cane, worn smooth by contact with my tickled frame.

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