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† sweedle, v. Obs. slang.|ˈswiːd(ə)l|
[Blend of swindle v.2 and wheedle v.]
trans. To swindle by wheedling. Hence ˈsweedling vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1908H. A. Jones Dolly reforming Herself iv. 94 I'm not going to be sweedled!—Matt. What is sweedled? Harry. Sweedling is sweedling! It's part swindling and part wheedling! 1908Westm. Gaz. 4 Nov. 5/2 Dolly is a ‘sweedling’ extravagant little vixen. 1909Daily Chron. 19 Jan. 4/4 He circumvented Isengrim the Wolf and ‘sweedled’ King Noble the Lion. 1914Angl. Forsch. XLII. 20 The mind, hesitating between swindle and wheedle, compromises on sweedle. When the result pleases the coiners, it sometimes continues in family use, as sweedle in the case of a Nebraska family. |