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Definition of Quiddles
1. quiddle [v] - See also: quiddle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quiddles
Literary usage of Quiddles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1878)
""Oh, don't they; here's a vain boy who brushes his hair a dozen times a day, and
quiddles over his collar till he is so tired he can hardly stand," laughed ..."
2. Recollections of a Lifetime: Or Men and Things I Have Seen ; in a Series of by Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1857)
"Ha, ha! what quiddles there are in this world ! ry little while, one on 'em comes
along Lerc. ; year, a man, called a professor from Cambridge, ..."
3. Recollections of a Lifetime: Or Men and Things I Have Seen ; in a Series of by Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1856)
"Ha, ba! what quiddles there are in this world ! ery little while, one on 'em
comes along here, it year, a man, called a professor from Cambridge, ..."
4. Commentaries on the Criminal Law by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1868)
"If all the by indirect means; it quiddles ; it perverts people born on our soil,
and arrived at a the truth; it does for the public good suitable age to ..."
5. Commentaries on the Criminal Law by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1865)
"... between two forces, both of which are acknowledged powers in this country, —
statesmanship and law. Statesmanship works by indirect means ; it quiddles ..."
6. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"... exact condition of their heads and stomachs every morning, as if they alone
were blessed or cursed with these parts; who are old betties and quiddles, ..."
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