Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A triangular spade used for ditching.
  • noun A scoop or dredge on the end of a long pole, used for clearing watercourses or channels.

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Examples

  • Yidle-diddle-didle-didle man. awards and we girls need to behave in Cork.

    Irish Blogs 2009

  • I think he was just there to drop off chinease food, he had everything there from a didle eye joe to damn if I Know.

    "SuperHeroHype.com - 30 most recent stories" 2009

  • In the (C) mag (F) pie's (C) nest cho: (Mouth music at a little quicker pace) (Am) Skiddly-idle-daddle-diddle - (G) didle-dadle-dum

    The Magpie 2 1998

  • So, whereas once I yidle-didle-didle’d my Firefox through Ha’aretz and the J-Post and the Jerusalem Report, nowadays I just leave all that behind and say a silent prayer for the next generation of young Jewboy-writers to write about anything else.

    I Am A Cliche | ATTACKERMAN 2008

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