tickler

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tick·ler

(tĭk′lər)

1. One that tickles.

2. A memorandum, book, or file to aid the memory.

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tickler

(ˈtɪklə)

1. informal chiefly Brit a difficult or delicate problem

2. Also called: tickler file US a memorandum book or file

3. (Accounting & Book-keeping) accounting US a single-entry business journal

4. a person or thing that tickles

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tick•ler

(ˈtɪk lər)

n.

1. one that tickles.

2. tickler file.

[1670–80]

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Noun

tickler - a file of memoranda or notices that remind of things to be done

tickler file

data file, file - a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together

Translations

scadenzario taccuino

tickler

[ˈtɪkləʳ] N (Brit) → problema m difícil

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tickler

n (inf) → kitz(e)lige Angelegenheit

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"Yes, Pip," said Joe; "and what's worse, she's got Tickler with her."

Tickler was a wax-ended piece of cane, worn smooth by collision with my tickled frame.

"She sot down," said Joe, "and she got up, and she made a grab at Tickler, and she Ram-paged out.

Joe, throwing the door wide open, and finding an obstruction behind it, immediately divined the cause, and applied Tickler to its further investigation.

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'All right, Governors Both,' returned the ghost, carefully closing the room door; ''tickler business.'

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This resulted in the arrest of Capitle and Santiago who also yielded a hand grenade, a caliber-.38 gun, laptop, 10 cellular phones, subversive documents and a tickler with names of different personaties that included Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel.

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He has also previously released five classic stand-up DVDs with Universal Pictures (UK): Crowd Tickler (2015), Craic Dealer (2012), This Is The Show (2010), Dara O Briain Talks Funny Live In London (2008) and Dara O Briain Live at the Theatre Royal (2006) - all of which have also aired on BBC TV as one hour specials.

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"Presumably, one needs to know the assailant, sorry tickler, to react.

TICKLING GETS SOME STICK!

Stand-up comedian Dara O'Briain will bring his show Crowd Tickler to Dubai World Trade Centre on March 17.

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And it appears the comedian must spend most of the interval each night ploughing through a myriad tweeted responses to and comments about his Crowd Tickler routine.

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Gone are the days of bully beef, Machonachie stew, Tickler's plum and apple jam and hard-tack--staples of the First World War.