fiddley-did Austral. slang.
(ˈfɪd(ə)lɪdɪd)
Also fiddl(e)y.
[Rhyming slang for quid n.2]
One pound; a pound note.
| 1941 Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 28 Fiddley. 1957 ‘N. Culotta’ They're Weird Mob (1958) iii. 42 Here's a couple and a 'alf fiddley dids. 1966 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 23 Dec. 22/2 And for a sovereign, a quid, a pound, a jimmy-o-goblin or a fiddly. 1967 K. Giles Death in Diamonds vii. 132, I said I'd give him four Irish fiddlies and take the chance... I gave him the four quid, sir. |