tiger tiger

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English

Etymology

Originally a brand name, presumably inspired by William Blake's 1794 poem The Tyger, which begins: "Tyger Tyger, burning bright".

Noun

tiger tiger (uncountable)

  1. (Canada, US) Synonym of tiger tail (ice-cream flavor)
    • 1998, Arthur G. Slade, Draugr, page 87:
      It was ice cream heaven. "I'd recommend Tiger, Tiger," he said. "It's the perfect taste for this kind of day."
    • 2009, Anita Daher, On the Trail of the Bushman, page 22:
      Tommy walked alone beside the river, ate a screaming-hot burrito from a truck in the park and then cooled his mouth with a tiger-tiger ice-cream cone from a fifties-style diner on Main Street.