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Jeremy Diddler

Jeremy Diddler noun: a needy, artful dealer; a confidence man.

Noun

Jeremy Diddler (plural Jeremy Diddlers)

  1. (dated) A needy, artful dealer; a confidence man.
    • The Jeremy Diddlers will have designs upon your purse; the politicians upon your influence; and mammas, who have marriageable daughters, upon your person1854, Lucien Bonaparte Chase, English Serfdom and American Slavery

Forms of Jeremy Diddler

pluralJeremy Diddlers

Origin of Jeremy Diddler

Name of a character in Raising the Wind, an 1803 play by James Kenney.

Questions about Jeremy Diddler

What does Jeremy Diddler mean?
Jeremy Diddler means a needy, artful dealer; a confidence man.
What part of speech is Jeremy Diddler?
Jeremy Diddler is a noun.
What is the plural of Jeremy Diddler?
The plural of Jeremy Diddler is Jeremy Diddlers.

Words near Jeremy Diddler in the dictionary

  1. Jeremianic
  2. Jeremias
  3. Jeremiasz
  4. jeremitaylorically
  5. Jeremy
  6. Jeremy Diddler
  7. Jeremy Diddlers
  8. Jeremys
  9. jerepigo
  10. jerepigos
  11. Jerez

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