The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jeremy Diddler
Diddler \Did"dler\, n. A cheat. [Colloq.]
Jeremy Diddler, a character in a play by James Kenney, entitled ``Raising the wind.'' The name is applied to any needy, tricky, constant borrower; a confidence man. [1913 Webster] ||
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Jeremy Diddler
Jeremy Diddler is a fictional character in James Kenney's 1803 farce Raising the Wind.
A needy, artful swindler, Jeremy Diddler has become a stock farce character, and the word "diddle" may be derived from him. The character of Jeremy Diddler is discussed in some detail in Herman Melville's The Confidence Man: His Masquerade.
He appears in Thomas Haynes Bayly's novel " David Dumps" (Chapter XV).