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 Diddle (To).Did’erick. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Diddler (Jeremy).
 
An artful swindler; a clever, seedy vagabond, borrowing money or obtaining credit by his wit and wits. From Kenny’s farce called Raising the Wind.   1
 


 Diddle (To).Did’erick. 

 
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