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diddles
We have found lemma(root) word of diddles : diddle.
Definitions
[ˈdɪdl], (Verb)
Definitions:
- cheat or swindle (someone) so as to deprive them of something
(e.g: he thought he'd been diddled out of his change)
- pass time aimlessly or unproductively
(e.g: I felt sorry for her, diddling around in her room while her friends were having a good time)
- have sex with (someone)
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Origin
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early 19th century: probably from the name of Jeremy Diddler, a character in the farce Raising the Wind (1803) by the Irish dramatist James Kenney (1780–1849). Diddler constantly borrowed and failed to repay small sums of money: the name may be based on an earlier verb diddle ‘walk unsteadily’
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