quid|dle

quid|dle
quid|dle «KWIHD uhl», verb, -dled, -dling, noun. Dialect.
–v.i.
to trifle; fiddle; fuss: »

I should like to know who's a going to stop a quiddle with young uns? (Harriet Beecher Stowe).

–n.
a person given to fussing: »

The Englishman is…a quiddle about his toast and his chop (Emerson).

[origin uncertain. Perhaps related to twiddle or fiddle.]

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