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Definition of Diddled
1. diddle [v] - See also: diddle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diddled
Literary usage of Diddled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sketches of the Campaign in Northern Mexico: In Eighteen Hundred Forty-six by Luther Giddings (1853)
"How the monks of San Francisco diddled us.—A few words about volunteer
troops.— Expedition against Vera Cruz.—Arrival of General Scott in Mexico. ..."
2. The Facetiae Or Jocose Tales of Poggio by Poggio Bracciolini (1879)
"CCLXX A MILLER diddled BY HIS WIFE, WHO GAVE HIK FIVE EGGS FOR BREAKFAST The
following relates a fact well known in Mantua. Near the bridge of that town is ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1870)
"You won't be diddled if I tell you what horse will win P" Don't know that.
Some fellows can't help losing, especially if they think they know how to make a ..."
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