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  • 51Hucksterage — Huck ster*age, n. The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling. [1913 Webster] Ignoble huckster age of piddling tithes. Milton. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 52Piddle — Pid dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Piddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Piddling}.] [Cf. dial. Sw. pittla to keep picking at, Sw. peta to pick.] 1. To deal in trifles; to concern one s self with trivial matters rather than with those that are important. Ascham …

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  • 53Piddled — Piddle Pid dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Piddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Piddling}.] [Cf. dial. Sw. pittla to keep picking at, Sw. peta to pick.] 1. To deal in trifles; to concern one s self with trivial matters rather than with those that are important.… …

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  • 54Piffle — Pif fle, n. Act of piffling; trifling talk or action; piddling; twaddle. [Dial. or Slang] Futile piffle. Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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  • 55piddle — intransitive verb (piddled; piddling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1545 1. dawdle, putter 2. urinate …

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  • 56piddly — adjective Date: 1946 trivial, piddling …

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