v. i. [ Cf. Daddle. ] To totter, as a child in walking. [ Obs. ] Quarles. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Perh. from AS. dyderian to deceive, the letter r being changed to l. ] To cheat or overreach. [ Colloq. ] Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cheat. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Jeremy Diddler, a character in a play by James Kenney, entitled “Raising the wind.” The name is applied to any needy, tricky, constant borrower; a confidence man. [ 1913 Webster ]