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tweedle


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tweedle  \Twee"dle\,  v.  t.  [Cf.  {Twiddle}.]  [Written  also 
  {twidle}.] 
  1.  To  handle  lightly;  --  said  with  reference  to  awkward 
  fiddling;  hence  to  influence  as  if  by  fiddling;  to  coax; 
  to  allure. 
 
  A  fiddler  brought  in  with  him  a  body  of  lusty  young 
  fellows,  whom  he  had  tweedled  into  the  service. 
  --Addison. 
 
  2.  To  twist.  [Prov.  Eng.]  --Halliwell. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  tweedle 
  v  1:  sing  in  modulation  [syn:  {chirp}] 
  2:  play  negligently  on  a  musical  instrument 
  3:  entice  through  the  use  of  music 




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