tickleass

English

Etymology

Perhaps imitative, as with the broader name kittiwake.

Noun

tickleass (plural tickleasses)

1. (Newfoundland) A bird, the black-legged kittiwake.
   • 1989, Ed Smith, Not a Word of a Lie, page 118:

     She went flying across Central Newfoundland like a goosed tickleass.

   • 2006, John Gimlette, Theatre of Fish: Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador, page 225:

     More likely, it was the prospect of meat. Curwen was by now craving a juicy roast – 'even seal chop' – and was always loosing off at tickleasses and harps.

Alternative forms

• tickleace