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tidy

/ˈtaɪ.di/ noun C2
  1. A container or other device for storing or organizing loose items in a tidy fashion. · desk tidy; sink tidy; cable tidy
  2. A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, etc.
  3. A child's pinafore. (dated)
  4. The wren.

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O IT'S I that am the captain of a tidy little ship,
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 14 · C1
By this time she had found her way into a tidy little room with a table in the window, and on it (as she had hoped) a fan and two or three pairs of tiny white kid gloves: she took up the fan and a pair of the gloves, and was just going to leave the room, when her eye fell upon a little bottle that stood near the looking-glass.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 23 · B2

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