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tickler

[ tik-ler ]

noun

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


tickler

/ ˈtɪklə /

noun

  1. informal.
    a difficult or delicate problem
  2. Also calledtickler file a memorandum book or file
  3. accounting a single-entry business journal
  4. a person or thing that tickles
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tickler1

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

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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