diddle

Example Sentences

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Don’t forget to say “Hey, diddle, diddle” to the park’s furry occupants, which include three not-so-little Vietnamese potbellied pigs, two of Mary’s sheep, a floppy-eared Peter Rabbit and a friendly miniature donkey dubbed Eeyore.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2018

You diddle a lot of people on small amounts, you’ve got a lot of money, and until we had C.F.P.B., there was virtually no defense for people against this massive, small-bore fraud abuse.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2017

Well, I can wait no longer sit by and diddle while my fellow media figures prevaricate and whinge.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2016

Subsidies, which run into the hundreds of millions annually, not only diddle the taxpayer, they encourage overgrazing.

From Economist • Apr. 24, 2014

Hey, diddle, diddle, the dish ran away with the spoon.

From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo