"diddler" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-diddler.wav [US] Forms: diddlers [plural]
Etymology: From diddle + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|diddle|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} From diddle + -er., {{ety|en|:af|diddle|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English diddle Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-os? Proto-Indo-European *-o- Proto-Indo-European *-so- Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós Proto-Italic *-āsijos Proto-Italic *-āsios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere ▲ Latin -ārius Old French -ierbor. Middle English -er English -er English diddler From diddle + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} diddler (plural diddlers)
  1. A person who diddles; a cheat or swindler. Derived forms: child diddler Related terms: Jeremy Diddler

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