"on the fiddle" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on the fiddle, {{en-PP}} on the fiddle
  1. (slang) Engaged in financially dishonest behaviour. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-on_the_fiddle-en-prep_phrase-jD22m1NK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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