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Definition of Piddlers
1. piddler [n] - See also: piddler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piddlers
Literary usage of Piddlers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of by Sussex Archaeological Society (1850)
"3d. Dr. White, £1 10s. Apothecary's bill, £1 3s. " Dec. To the poor of the
parish, £1 6s. piddlers, Is. Prendi Protestants, 6s. Thanksgiving, 5s. ..."
2. American Negro Slavery: A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips (1918)
"The carpenters, Washington said, were notorious piddlers; and not a slave about
the mansion house was worthy of trust. Pretences of illness as excuses for ..."
3. Autobiography, a Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever (1830)
"... these piddlers in wit would not be concerned to take me to pieces, or (not to
be quite so vain) when they moderately charge me with only ignorance or ..."
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