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tiding

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tid·ing  (tdng)
n.
A piece of information or news. Often used in the plural: tidings of great joy; sad tidings. See Synonyms at news.
[Middle English tiding, perhaps from Old Norse tdhendi, events, from tdhr, occurring; see d- in Indo-European roots.]
Tiding of magpies: a flock.


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I've managed to save something every year, and that with helping my three sisters now and then, and tiding poor Cousin Mike over bad seasons.
Alexander's Bridge by Cather, Willa View in context
For her kindred, should the tidings ever reach them, and for the companions of her unspotted life, there remained nothing but the contagion of her dishonour; which would not fail to be distributed in strict accordance arid proportion with the intimacy and sacredness of their previous relationship.
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