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diddle someone out of something to cheat someone into giving up something. The boys diddled the old man out of a few bucks. He was diddled out of his last dime. See also: out diddle something out of someone Sl. to get something from someone by deception. We diddled about forty bucks out of the old lady who runs the candy shop. They diddled Larry's last dime out of him. See also: out diddle with something to play with something; to toy with something. Here, don't diddle with that watch. Stop diddling with your nose, Jimmy! How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Jon Graboff's gravity-roping pedal steel forms a kind of sonic through-line as Adams diddles around with honky tonk, Western swing, mountain ballad and other not necessarily complementary motifs. It looked like one of those dances, like Cargo X, that Cunningham diddles with on the way to making something grander. The unsung hero of the album is drummer Michael Clark, whose paradiddles and other sorts of diddles are just plain dizzying throughout. |
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