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Tiddle

Tidder \Tid"der\, Tiddle \Tid"dle\, v. t. [Cf. AS. tyderian to grow tender. See Tid.] To use with tenderness; to fondle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

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tiddle

vb. (context transitive obsolete UK dialect English) To treat with tenderness; to fondle.

Usage examples of "tiddle".

Hiroko makes sure that the old lady is tucked up in bed with Tiddles the cat and Radio 4 and then she sneaks me up the stairs to a converted loft where a shaft of moonlight pours through the skylight and onto her single bed.

I thought she was a bit tiddled and over-excited, and she might do something silly or, anyway, get frightened or upset.

It isthe greatest admiration of the universal world, whenthe true and aunchient prerogatifes and laws of thewars is not kept: if you would take the pains but toexamine the wars of Pompey the Great, you shallfind, I warrant you, that there is no tiddle toddlenor pibble pabble in Pompey's camp.