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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fiddle \Fid"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fiddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Fiddling}.]
1. To play on a fiddle.
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Themistocles . . . said he could not fiddle, but he
could make a small town a great city. --Bacon.
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2. To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler
does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy
idleness; to trifle.
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Talking, and fiddling with their hats and feathers.
--Pepys.
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