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語源 1

Probably dade +‎ -le. Compare English doddle.

別の表記

• dadle, dauldle, dawdle (Northern England)

動詞

daddle (三人称単数 現在形 daddles, 現在分詞 daddling, 過去形および過去分詞形 daddled)

1. (intransitive, archaic or dialectal) To walk unsteadily; totter; dawdle
   • 1869, Thomas Collins, The life of the rev. Thos. Collins:

     I had to wait an hour at the station for the coming of his train. It was passed pleasantly in reading, ' The Victory Won,' an interesting narrative of the salvation of a sceptical physician. When uncle arrived, he and I daddled along a pretty narrow lane.

2. To diddle (cheat)
   • 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:

     "Thunder!" he cried. "A week! I can't do that; they'd have the black spot on me by then. The lubbers is going about to get the wind of me this blessed moment; lubbers as couldn't keep what they got, and want to nail what is another's. Is that seamanly behavior, now, I want to know? But I'm a saving soul. I never wasted good money of mine, nor lost it neither; and I'll trick 'em again. I'm not afraid on 'em. I'll shake out another reef, matey, and daddle 'em again."

名詞

daddle (複数形 daddles)

1. (slang, obsolete) The hand or fist; used in the phrase "tip us your daddle" meaning "give me your hand".

派生語

• diddle-daddle
• tip the daddle

アナグラム

• addled