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plural tigs
(historical) A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment.
uncountable
(Ireland, UK) The children's game of tag. quotations examples
One evening when playing tig she had put her hands over his eyes: long and white and thin and cold and soft.
1916 December 29, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, page 36