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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(Cornwall, historical) A small pub only licensed to sell beer or cider..
1980, John Hugh Norton Mason, West country walks and legends, Academy Chicago Pub Bessie's Cove was said to be named after a Bessie Burrows who kept a small 'kiddlywink' inn on the cliff-top.
"And we have a notion how much he had to drink in the kiddlywink."
There's a kiddlywink there where my crew and l have spent many a happy hour.”
'My sweet kiddlywinks, we are going on a car trip into the mountains and there we 'll stay in Danny's house in the rainforest.'
Frankie wasn't sure he liked being called a kiddlywink but, as the air fizzed around him, he felt his worries dissolve like a spoonful of sherbet
'Well, kiddlywinks' –she touched her face round the edges– 'we've somebody coming tos ee us. Tomorrow, first thing.'
Use kiddlywink when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Kiddlywink means (Cornwall, historical) A small pub only licensed to sell beer or cider..
Common synonyms include kiddly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1980, John Hugh Norton Mason, West country walks and legends, Academy Chicago Pub Bessie's Cove was said to be named after a Bessie Burrows who kept a small 'kiddlywink' inn on the cliff-top.
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