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diddle

[did-l] / ˈdɪd l /
VERB
loiter
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STRONGEST




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USM’s provost, Jeannine Diddle Uzzi, said that when officials heard concerns and began to investigate the class, they learned that there was never a course proposal or committee review of the syllabus, as required.

From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2018

Their assignment, a puff piece about a society wedding, takes them to the Diddle estate, humorously realized in Jeff G. Rack’s opulently tacky set.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2018

McDaniels’ retired No. 44 jersey is one of eight hanging in the rafters at Diddle Arena.

From Washington Times • Sep. 8, 2017

Sally Cookson is at the helm of Peter Pan, which flies into Bristol Old Vic, and which also has Hey Diddle Diddle for younger theatregoers.

From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2012

So also the rhymes beginning Hey Diddle Diddle are shown to be of deep and solemn import, all in manifest burlesque of some recent extravagant interpretations of certain ancient stories by Goldziher, Steinthal, and others.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various




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