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diddledees

diddledees is the plural of diddledee.

Meaning of diddledee

Noun

diddledee (plural diddledees)

  1. Empetrum rubrum, a plant with edible red berries.
    • Among the plants growing in the Falklands is the diddledee, a shrub which bears a red berry.1882, The Army and Navy Magazine, volume 3, page 122

Noun

diddledees pl (plural only)

  1. (New-England, US, plural, plural-only, regional) Pine needles.
    • I found 'em way hidden under the pine diddledees.2011, John Rogers, The Cut of Her Jib, page 61

Questions about diddledees

What does diddledees mean?
Diddledees means pine needles.
What is diddledees the plural of?
Diddledees is the plural of diddledee.
What part of speech is diddledees?
Diddledees is a noun.

Words near diddledees in the dictionary

  1. diddle-daddling
  2. diddle-dee
  3. Diddlebury
  4. diddled
  5. diddledee
  6. diddledees
  7. diddler
  8. diddlers
  9. diddles
  10. diddley bow
  11. diddley bower

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