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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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But these attempts are diddling around the edges of a massive health catastrophe, a viral Katrina. all 2004), serial photographs show the artist's disembodied hand making hilariously inappropriate contact with various items on store shelves--groping a basketball, probing some sort of pink nozzle on a children's toy, diddling the underside of what appears to be a stuffed animal--or poking and caressing assorted orifices in walls and floors, like a horny architectural fetishist. But instead of using his speed and quickness to ignite the Kings' dump-and-chase offense, he started diddling with the puck and grinding the team to a halt. |
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