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Definition of Daddling
1. daddle [v] - See also: daddle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Daddling
Literary usage of Daddling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions by Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire (1879)
"... made of leather + Spit Boots—Heavy leathern gaiters with flaps over shoes
fastened with iron clasps. t daddling Strings—Nursing or leading strings. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"DIDDLE ! [diid-1!], infer/. Call for young ducks. DIDDLE [dud-1], vi To make
water (said to and by children). DIDDLE-daddling [dud'l-dad'leen]. ..."
3. The Life and Letters of Gilbert White of Selborne by Rashleigh Holt-White (1901)
"You cannot imagine the pleasure you would take in daddling and nursing it, and
in the speeches that would be made you on its being so promising, ..."
4. Heroes of the Argonne: An Authentic History of the Thirty-fifth Division by Charles B. Hoyt (1919)
"He thought our nation was a note-writing, back-sliding, diddle-daddling,
afraid-to-fight affair, and that each Yank represented wholesomely and faithfully ..."
5. The West Somerset Word-book: A Glossary of Dialectal and Archaic Words and by Frederick Thomas Elworthy (1886)
"inter/. Call for young ducks. DIDDLE [dud'l], vi To make water (said to and by
children). DIDDLE-DADDLE [diid'l-dad'l]. and adj' DIDDLE-daddling ..."
6. The Bailey Controversy in Texas: With Lessons from the Political Life-story by William Alexander Cocke (1908)
"Now members of the committee assert that the president of the subsidiary trust
company is "daddling" and "playing horse" with the Texas Legislature. ..."
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