Diddle

['dɪd(ə)l] or ['dɪdl]

(v. i.) To totter, as a child in walking.

(v. t.) To cheat or overreach.

Typist: Richard

v. n. [1]. Totter.[2]. Trifle, dawdle, waste time.

v. a. Cheat, cozen, deceive, trick, dupe, chouse, circumvent, gull, overreach, delude, impose upon.

Checker: Neil

v.t. to cajole swindle.—n. Didd′ler.

Inputed by Bennett

Stop, my dearest diddle-diddle-darling, shouted Jos, now as bold as a lion, and clasping Miss Rebecca round the waist. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
My dearest diddle-diddle-darling! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
A sentimental song, and calling Rosa, Rebecca, what's her name, Amelia's little friend--your dearest diddle-diddle-darling? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
And you'd have me chated and diddled out on the fare as well as the service? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

Checked by Cecily