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Definition: JEREMY DIDDLER

Part of Speech Definition
Expression 1. A character in a play by James Kenney, entitled ``Raising the wind.'' The name is applied to any needy, tricky, constant borrower; a confidence man.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Extended Definition: JEREMY DIDDLER

Jeremy Diddler

Jeremy Diddler is a needy, artful swindler in James Kenney's 1803 farce Raising the Wind.

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Jeremy Diddler". Image Credit.
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