DIDDLE


Meaning of DIDDLE in English

v. colloq.

1. tr. cheat, swindle.

2 intr. US waste time.

Derivatives:

diddler n.

Etymology: prob. back-form. f. Jeremy Diddler in Kenney's 'Raising the Wind' (1803)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.