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tweedle
(encz) | tweedle, v: |
Tweedle
(gcide) | Tweedle \Twee"dle\, v. t. [Cf. Twiddle.] [Written also
twidle.]
1. To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward
fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax;
to allure.
[1913 Webster]
A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young
fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service.
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]
2. To twist. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
[1913 Webster] |
tweedle
(wn) | tweedle
v 1: sing in modulation [syn: tweedle, chirp]
2: play negligently on a musical instrument
3: entice through the use of music |
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Tweedle
(gcide) | Tweedle \Twee"dle\, v. t. [Cf. Twiddle.] [Written also
twidle.]
1. To handle lightly; -- said with reference to awkward
fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax;
to allure.
[1913 Webster]
A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young
fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service.
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]
2. To twist. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
[1913 Webster] |
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
(gcide) | Tweedledum and Tweedledee \Twee"dle*dum` and Twee"dle*dee`\
Two things practically alike; -- a phrase coined by John
Byrom (1692-1793) in his satire "On the Feuds between Handel
and Bononcini."
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tweedledee and tweedledum
(wn) | Tweedledee and Tweedledum
n 1: any two people who are hard to tell apart [syn: {Tweedledum
and Tweedledee}, Tweedledee and Tweedledum] |
tweedledum and tweedledee
(wn) | Tweedledum and Tweedledee
n 1: any two people who are hard to tell apart [syn: {Tweedledum
and Tweedledee}, Tweedledee and Tweedledum] |
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