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Definition of Twiddles
1. twiddle [v] - See also: twiddle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twiddles
Literary usage of Twiddles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British American Magazine by Henry Youle Hind (1863)
"Mr. twiddles ventures to indulge in private theatricals without informing his wife.
Mrs. twiddles finds a letter which Mr. twiddles had dropped, ..."
2. Twice Around the Clock, Or, The Hours of the Day and Night in London by George Augustus Sala, William McConnell (1862)
"Near him is young twiddles, with his auburn hair, his turn-down collar, and Byron
tie, ... twiddles, who writes under the pseudonym of Swedenborg ..."
3. Round the World in Any Number of Days by Maurice Baring (1914)
"sence of twiddles. By twiddles I mean any kind of unnecessary line, curve,
moulding, arabesque, or ornament. If you ever have had any dealings with an ..."
4. The Oriental Sporting Magazine: From June 1828 to June 1833. (1873)
"... and tickles 'em with their naked toes in the very place where they be made
bullocks of ; and then they twiddles and twiddles their fingers, ..."
5. The Two Roses: Comedy Opera in Two Acts by Ludwig Engländer, Stanislaus Stange (1904)
"He's wise if he twiddles his thumbs. Too tough to tear un-der the wings. ...
*F=f If he but twiddles his thumbs. If you would sev - er a wing. . 1-3. ..."
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