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Examples

  • "My mum's cats are called Tiddler and Plop, and she spends a fortune on carpet cleaner." "

    The readers' room: what you thought of G2 this week . . . 2010

  • The Czech ace will equal Ian "Tiddler" Turner's record of 505 team appearances when he faces Scunthorpe, and will now only be second to Terry Betts, who made 649 team appearances.

    unknown title 2009

  • Julia Donaldson's stories – The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom, Tiddler – rely on near-identical structures.

    Sam Leith on Dora the Explorer 2011

  • ‘I just love girls’ – My Tiddler exclaimed the other week, when he was trying to decide which classmate to take on a cinema treat.

    amoureux 2007

  • Dombey, as Tiddler, looked his character to admiration; and the long plateau of precious metal frosted, separating him from Mrs Dombey, whereon frosted Cupids offered scentless flowers to each of them, was allegorical to see.

    Dombey and Son 2007

  • 'The proportion of gold is very small,' said Tiddler.

    A Mirror Cracked From Side To Side Christie, Agatha 1962

  • Detective-Sergeant Tiddler grinned appreciatively.

    A Mirror Cracked From Side To Side Christie, Agatha 1962

  • His name was not Torn, it was William, but the combination of Torn Tiddler had always been too much for his co, lleagues.

    A Mirror Cracked From Side To Side Christie, Agatha 1962

  • The two were staying at the Blue Boar and Tiddler had just come back from a day spent at the studios.

    A Mirror Cracked From Side To Side Christie, Agatha 1962

  • 'I didn't hear much about the locals, of course,' said Tiddler.

    A Mirror Cracked From Side To Side Christie, Agatha 1962

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