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Definition of Fidging
1. fidge [v] - See also: fidge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fidging
Literary usage of Fidging
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary of North Country Words, with Their Etymology, and Affinity to by John Trotter Brockett, William Edward Brockett (1846)
"fidging, uneasy, impatient, restless. " fidging fain." FIKE, v. to fidget, to be
restless, or busied about trifles. Su. ..."
2. A Glossary of North Country Words, in Use: With Their Etymology, and by John Trotter Brockett (1829)
"fidging fain." FIG, to supply ginger to a horse, under pretence of wiping or
cleaning him, but really to excite him to carry a fine tail. ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1864)
"I am fidging fain te bevat work again. Last week I dreaded the thoughts of my
employment; now I am full of desire to begin. This week in the country has ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1835)
"Here, what stanch sans culottes, of each kindred and clan, Came, itching and
fidging, to see the Great Man! Every lane, wynd, and closs, sent its rabble and ..."
5. Representative English Comedies: With Introductory Essays and Notes, an by Charles Mills Gayley, Alwin Thaler (1903)
"Where ha you ben fidging abrode, since you your neele lost ? Gammer. Within the
house, and at the dore, sitting by this same post, ..."
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