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tiddler

Pronunciation: /ˈtɪdlə/

Definition of tiddler

noun

British informal
  • a small fish, especially a stickleback or minnow.
  • a young or unusually small person or thing: she was only a little tiddler, ten years old

Origin:

late 19th century: perhaps related to tiddly2 or tittlebat, a childish form of stickleback

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