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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Perhaps from Diddler, name of a character in a 19th-century English play

diddle

 verb
     
did‧dle [transitive] British English informal
to get money from someone by deceiving them
diddle somebody out of something
They'll diddle you out of your last penny if you let them.
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