Usually means: Play the piano skillfully, joyfully.
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  1. tickle the ivories: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. tickle the ivories: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. tickle the ivories: Wiktionary
  4. Tickle the ivories: Phrase Finder

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  1. tickle the ivories: Idioms

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  1. tickle the ivories: Urban Dictionary

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verb:  (slang) To play the piano.

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