fiddled

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fiddled - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fiddle \Fid"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fiddled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Fiddling.]
     1. To play on a fiddle.
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              Themistocles . . . said he could not fiddle, but he
              could make a small town a great city. --Bacon.
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     2. To keep the hands and fingers actively moving as a fiddler
        does; to move the hands and fingers restlessy or in busy
        idleness; to trifle.
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              Talking, and fiddling with their hats and feathers.
                                                    --Pepys.
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