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单词 daddle
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Definition of daddle in English:

daddle

noun ˈdadl
Regional cant, archaic
  • The hand or fist. Frequently in "tip us your daddle": ‘give me your hand’.

verb ˈdadl
Regional informal
  • no object To pass or spend time idly or frivolously; to move slowly, to dawdle.

verb ˈdadl
rare
  • with object To cheat, trick, swindle.

Origin

Early 18th century; earliest use found in New Flash Song-book. Origin unknown; compare -le<br>late 17th century. From a first element of uncertain origin, apparently expressing unsteady motion + -le<br>late 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), writer. Apparently a variant or alteration of diddle.

 
 

Definition of daddle in US English:

daddle

nounˈdadl
Regional cant, archaic
  • The hand or fist. Frequently in "tip us your daddle": ‘give me your hand’.

verbˈdadl
Regional informal
  • no object To pass or spend time idly or frivolously; to move slowly, to dawdle.

verbˈdadl
rare
  • with object To cheat, trick, swindle.

Origin

Early 18th century; earliest use found in New Flash Song-book. Origin unknown; compare -le<br>late 17th century. From a first element of uncertain origin, apparently expressing unsteady motion + -le<br>late 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), writer. Apparently a variant or alteration of diddle.

 
 
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