English Explanatory Dictionary

tiddly suit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

tiddly suit tiddly suits tiddley suit

Etymology

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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