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▪ I. piddling, vbl. n. (ˈpɪdlɪŋ) [f. as prec. + -ing1.] The action of piddle v.; trifling, toying, etc.1573 Tusser Husb. (1878) 127 If hops looke browne, go gather them downe. But not in the deaw, for piddling with feaw. 1655 Clarke Papers (Camden) III. 37 The French Ambassadour makes a pidling stil...
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piddling
piddling/ˈpɪdlɪŋ; `pɪdlɪŋ/ adj[esp attrib 尤作定语](infml derog 口, 贬)(a) unimportant; trivial 不重要的; 琐碎的 I don't want to hear all the piddling little details! 我不想听那些琐碎的事!(b) small 小的 It's annoying to have to get authorization for spending such piddling amounts of money. 花这麽一点钱也要去请示, 真烦人.
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Piddletown, Missouri
According to tradition, the schoolhouse was named after a local family who often were seen doing nothing or "piddling".
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Pissant
Johnson referred to Vietnam as "a piddling piss-ant little country".
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Street Prophets Friday: A Newish Bridge in Prague - Daily Kos
Mar 1, 2024Greetings and welcome to another slice from The Liver of Europe. Other than the usual supply of pea-brained patriots piddling on Texas' carpets, there's not really much of note for me to yowp ...
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piddly
piddly, a. (ˈpɪdlɪ) [f. piddle n. + -ly1.] = piddling ppl. a. 1.1946 B. Marshall George Brown's Schooldays xv. 72 Filthy little funks, skittering away down a piddly little track like that.
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What is the opposite of valuable? - WordHippo
Antonyms for valuable include worthless, valueless, meaningless, trivial, inutile, trashy, piddling, unimportant, of no benefit and trifling. Find more opposite words ...
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Thomas Green Fessenden
Most Useful Modern Discoveries and Inventions (1808)
Pills, Poetical, Political, and Philosophical, Prescribed for the Purpose of Purging the Public of Piddling
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piddle
▪ I. piddle, v. (ˈpɪd(ə)l) [Origin obscure. The form is that of a dim. or freq. vb. Cf. the synonymous peddle v. 3, paddle v.1 2, 3, pittle v. Of these the first two seem to be corruptions of piddle, erroneously confused with peddle, paddle in their proper senses. Pittle was an inconsiderable varian...
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What is the opposite of great? - WordHippo
Antonyms for great include small, little, tiny, dainty, miniscule, minute, miniature, diminutive, petite and piddling. Find more opposite words at wordhippo.com!
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John Brown (Australian politician)
He gained notoriety for describing koalas as "flea-ridden, piddling, stinking, scratching, rotten little things".
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peddling
▪ I. peddling, vbl. n. (ˈpɛdlɪŋ) [See peddle v. and -ing1.] The action of the verb peddle. 1. The occupation of a pedlar; the carrying about of small goods for sale. peddling out, dealing out or retailing in petty quantities.1591 Percivall Sp. Dict., Regatonia, pedling, buying of small wares. 1688 J...
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Arthur Roberts (physicist)
that took over physics research after World War II; and he calls for a return to brains-before-dollars science:
It seems that I'm a failure, just a piddling
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pindling
ˈpindling, a. dial. and U.S. [? for pingling, or piddling.] a. dial. Fretful, out of humour. b. U.S. Sickly, puny, delicate.1861 Mrs. Stowe Pearl Orr's Isl. iv. 25 I'm a-thinkin'..whether or no cows' milk an't goin' to be too hearty for it, it's such a pindling little thing. 1890 M. E. Wilkins Humbl...
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William C. Kingsley
In 1873, after Tweed has fallen from power, Kingsley's contract with the Bridge Company was renegotiated, and his payment was slashed to a relatively piddling
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