TIDDLYWINK
\tˈɪdlɪwˌɪŋk], \tˈɪdlɪwˌɪŋk], \t_ˈɪ_d_l_ɪ_w_ˌɪ_ŋ_k]\
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tid'ly-wingk, n. (prov.) an unlicensed pawn-shop or beer-house.--n.pl. TIDD'LEDYWINKS, a parlour-game in which small discs of ivory, &c., are snapped from the level of the table into a cup in the centre of it--also TIDD'LY-WINKS.
By Thomas Davidson
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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