condiddlev.
/kənˈdɪd(ə)l/ dialect.
transitive. To make away with (either by waste or pilfering).
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1746 Exmoor Scolding (ed. 3) ii. 15 Ha wud zoon ha' be' condidled.
1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well I. iv. 92 ‘Twig the old connoisseur,’ said the Squire to the Knight.—‘He is condiddling the drawing.’
1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 14/1 Condidled, mislaid; stolen; conveyed away by trickery.
1880 T. Q. Couch E. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall Condiddle, to take away clandestinely; to filch.
Derivatives
conˈdiddlement n.
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1857 Chambers's Jrnl. 7 354 Don't put everything of value out of sight, as though you were afraid of some condidlement.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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v.1746- to send in
- to send in legacy
- to send in legation
- to send in one's jacket
- to send in one's papers
- to send in the melting pot
- to send into exile
- to send into the melting pot
- to send knowledge
- to send more members to parliament
- to send off
- to send on
- to send one to birching birchen lane
- to send one to birching birchin lane
- to send one to birching lane
- to send one to parliament
- to send one's best
- to send one's compliments, love, respects
- to send one's love
- to send or put to prentice
- to send or set a wool-gathering
- to send or set a woolgathering
- to send or set wool-gathering
- to send or set woolgathering
- to send out