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condiddle, v. dial.|kənˈdɪd(ə)l|
[Colloquial formation from con- and diddle.]
trans. To make away with (either by waste or pilfering).
1746Exmoor Scolding ii. (Dial. Soc.) 56 Ha wud zoon ha' be' condidled. 1824Scott St. Ronan's iv, ‘Twig the old connoisseur’, said the Squire to the Knight, ‘he is condiddling the drawing’. 1880W. Cornwall Gloss., Condidled, stolen; conveyed away by trickery. 1880E. Cornw. Gloss., Condiddle, to take away clandestinely; to filch.
Hence conˈdiddlement.
1857Chamb. Jrnl. VII. 354 Don't put everything of value out of sight, as though you were afraid of some condidlement. |