tig
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /tɪɡ/
tig (plural tigs)
- (historical) A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment.
tig (uncountable)
- (Ireland) The children's game of tag.
- 1916, James Joyce, ''Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 43
- One evening when playing tig she had put her hands over his eyes: long and white and thin and cold and soft.
- 1916, James Joyce, ''Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 43
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