Definition of Twiddlers

1. Noun. (plural of twiddler) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Twiddlers

1. twiddler [n] - See also: twiddler

Lexicographical Neighbors of Twiddlers

twibils
twiblade
twice
twice-baked bread
twice-weekly
twice-yearly
twice removed
twicer
twicers
twichild
twiddle
twiddle one's thumbs
twiddled
twiddler
twiddler's syndrome
twiddlers (current term)
twiddles
twiddlier
twiddliest
twiddling
twiddly
twidle
twier
twiers
twifaced
twifallow
twiffler
twifold
twiforked
twiform

Literary usage of Twiddlers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Buffets: A Story by Charles Henry Doe (1875)
"All the members, even to the oldest and most dignified, called themselves, and were called by their friends outside, "twiddlers." The twiddlers were, as a ..."

2. The Best Short Stories of ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story edited by [Anonymus AC02789944] (1916)
"The Thumb-twiddlers. SEP Nov. 13-20, '15. You Had n't Ought To. SEP Sept. 25, '15. HUGINS, ROLAND. The Devil and the Deep Sea. NSM Nov. ..."

3. Elbow-room: A Novel Without a Plot by Charles Heber Clark, Arthur Burdett Frost (1876)
"The prevailing impression among the twiddlers was that Mr. Biles supplied an exceedingly thin and watery fluid ; and one day when the judge stepped over to ..."

4. The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center by Dorian J. Cougias, E. L. Heiberger, Karsten Koop (2003)
"The first three have to do with the amount of re-creative work that must be done that will cause coworkers to become temporary thumb-twiddlers. ..."

5. Comic Songs by Thomas Hudson (1818)
"n1"' • ' When after he'd rubb'd his bow with rosoni, A Fiddler would stick his Kit to his bosom ; Then nobody cared for the twiddling twiddlers, ..."

6. Drum's House by Ida Wild (1914)
"He was at work on the strawberry-fields, following the twiddlers. Emma stood on the field-side and watched the army of women dwindle away over the hill and ..."

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