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noun

Twiddle n.

A slight twist with the fingers.

A pimple. (Prov. Eng.)

verb

Twiddle v. t. (Written also twidle) To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, to twiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key.

Twiddle v. i. To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles.

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Etymology of 'Twiddle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Twiddle" Quotes from Famous Books

... gwine git along come Judgment when Gab'el blows his ho'n and Peter rattles his keys and all de wicked is a-wailin' and a-weepin' and a-gnashin' and can't git in nohow. Yass, sah. Ah guess dis yeh ol' nigger, he's gwine sit on de pearly gate and twiddle his ...

— The Mutineers • Charles Boardman Hawes

... sight of the windows of the farm the old man took his hat off his shining head, put it on the end of his whip, and began to twiddle it. ...

— Boy Woodburn - A Story of the Sussex Downs • Alfred Ollivant

... in there," continued the ghastly voice. "It's a plot, see?—to kidnap Nelson. There's a gal in it—o coorse. Thinks she can twiddle the A'mighty round her thumb because her face ain't spotty. Lay that in ...

— The Gentleman - A Romance of the Sea • Alfred Ollivant

... from?' said the Red Queen. 'And where are you going? Look up, speak nicely, and don't twiddle your fingers ...

— Through the Looking-Glass • Charles Dodgson, AKA Lewis Carroll

... old maid, I know, but you're not. And if you think for a moment that I'm going to sit here and twiddle my thumbs while there's a nice-looking bachelor in the next house, you're very much mistaken. Dear knows, Eve, I love Eden Village from end to end, but I never heard of an Eden yet that wasn't better for having a man ...

— The Lilac Girl • Ralph Henry Barbour

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