“piddler”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

piddler

释义

piddler|ˈpɪdlə(r)|
[f. piddle v. + -er¹.]
One who piddles; a poor ineffectual worker; a dabbler, toyer, trifler: see the verb.
1602Middleton Blurt, Master-Constable ii. ii. 129 These flaxen-haired men are such pulers, and such piddlers.a1625Fletcher & Massinger Elder Bro. iv. iv, I'm but a pidler, A little will serve my turn.1646N. B[arnet] Regenerate Man's Growth Grace 42 We are but Pidlers in his service, we can do nothing to any purpose.1779J. Lovell in J. Adams's Wks. (1854) IX. 490 If this was not the piddler, it might be the oddity of Virginia.1800in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. IV. 360 He was a mere piddler compared to me.1911R. D. Saunders Col. Todhunter ii. 25, I ain't never seen no piddler at meal times that was fit to do a man's work.

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