{Jeremy Diddler}, a character in a play by James Kenney, entitled ``Raising the wind.'' The name is applied to any needy, tricky, constant borrower; a confidence man. [1913 Webster] ||
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diddler — noun see diddle … New Collegiate Dictionary
diddler — See diddle1. * * * … Universalium
diddler — noun A person who diddles; a cheat … Wiktionary
diddler — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Slang. A person who cheats: bilk, cheat, cheater, cozener, defrauder, rook, sharper, swindler, trickster, victimizes Informal: chiseler, crook, flimflammer. Slang: gyp, gypper. See HONEST … English dictionary for students
diddler — riddled … Anagrams dictionary
diddler — did·dler … English syllables
diddler — ˈdid(ə)lə(r) noun ( s) : one that diddles; specifically : cheat … Useful english dictionary
Jeremy Diddler — Diddler Did dler, n. A cheat. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] {Jeremy Diddler}, a character in a play by James Kenney, entitled Raising the wind. The name is applied to any needy, tricky, constant borrower; a confidence man. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
DIDDLER, JEREMY — a needy, artful swindler in Kenny s farce of Raising the Wind … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Jeremy Diddler — is a needy, artful swindler in James Kenney s 1803 farce Raising the Wind … Wikipedia
