"tickle-footed" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From the obsolete adjective tickle (“unsteady”). Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} tickle-footed
  1. (obsolete or poetic) having unsure or slippery footing, or inconstant. Tags: obsolete, poetic
    Sense id: en-tickle-footed-en-adj-dq7RNXI1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "c. 1613–1616, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Scornful Lady, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):",
          "text": "You were ever tickle-footed, and would not truss round.",
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          "ref": "1824, Gilmour, Or The Last Lockinge:",
          "text": "tickle-footed wanton",
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          "ref": "1987, Margaret Paige, Ride My River with Me:",
          "text": "But what goes on\nBetween a flower\nAnd tickle-footed\nHoney bee Is still a mystery",
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        },
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          "ref": "a. 1942, Ogden Nash, Summer Serenade:",
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