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Jeremy Diddler
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English
Etymology
Name of a character in Raising the Wind, an 1803 play by James Kenney (dramatist) James Kenney.
Noun
Jeremy Diddler
en dated A needy, artful dealer; a confidence man.
en 1854 Lucien Bonaparte Chase English Serfdom and American Slavery The Jeremy Diddlers will have designs upon your purse; the politicians upon your influence; and mammas, who have marriageable daughters, upon your person
Related terms
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References
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