Definition of "tickleass"

She went flying across Central Newfoundland like a goosed tickleass.

1989, Ed Smith, Not a Word of a Lie, page 118

More likely, it was the prospect of meat. Curwen was by now craving a juicy roast – 'even seal chop' – and was always loosing off at tickleasses and harps.

2006, John Gimlette, Theatre of Fish: Travels Through Newfoundland and Labrador, page 225