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Definition of Twiddling
1. twiddle [v] - See also: twiddle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Twiddling
Literary usage of Twiddling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wandering Jew (and Jewess)by R. D. Manning, Eugene Sue by R. D. Manning, Eugene Sue (2003)
"RODIN (twiddling his thumbs) The application of the comparison does not yet appear
to me. ADRIENNE (smiling) I will speak more plainly. ..."
2. Can Mankind Survive by Morrison Isaac Swift (1918)
"It is twiddling fingers to do and make things that man would be healthier ...
It is a finger-twiddling to finger machines, needles, tools and other ..."
3. Bentley's Miscellany by Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith (1837)
"... there warn'ta drop o' rain fell that arternoon— it was a bright, sun-shiny day."
" What you call twiddling-lines, they call reins," explained the ser- ..."
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