1885. Punch, 5 Sept., p. 110. And something whispered me—in diction
chaste—It’s all a diddle!
Verb (common).—1. To cheat. For synonyms, see Stick.
1811. Poole, Hamlet Travestied.
1819. Moore, Tom Crib’s Memorial, 1. Diddling your subjects, and
gutting their fobs.
1825. Scott, St. Ronan’s Well, ch. v. And Jack is diddled, said the
Baronet.
1841. Comic Almanack, p. 266. Thus, while pig and tail the
villagers diddle, My tale’s in the middle, my tale’s in the middle!
1880. Hawley Smart, Social Sinners, ch. xv. He had me, and no
mistake. Done, yes, diddled; and I thought I had rather an
easy-going lawyer to deal with.
1887. Lic. Vict. Gazette, 2 Dec., 362, 1. You have been done,
regularly diddled, by that fellow.
2. (venery).—To copulate. Cf., Diddle, subs., sense 2. For synonyms,
see Ride.