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Examples
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It was going diddledy, diddledy, like the triplets in a Beethoven sonata
Superseded May Sinclair 1904
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"Diddledy diddledy dumpty" -- the ridiculous refrain grew fainter and died away as the girls passed on to the orchard, and Betty, smiling in sympathy with their high spirits, ran down the stately marble steps to the seat under the willow.
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_Chorus_ -- With a _whip, snip_, high cum diddledy.
Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend Frederick Marryat 1820
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With my fol-de-rol, diddledy -- "He started to hum, but checked himself shamefacedly.
Poison Island Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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