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FADDLE
Etymology
Verb
faddle (third-person singular simple present faddles, present participle faddling, simple past and past participle faddled)
To trifle; to toy.
(UK, dialect) To fondle; to dandle.
Synonyms
• (to trifle): fiddle
• (to fondle): dawt, grope, pettle, tiddle; see also fondle
Source: Wiktionary
Fad"dle, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Fiddle, Fiddle-faddle.]
Definition: To trifle; to toy.
– v. t.
Definition: To fondle; to dandle. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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