† sweedlev.
/ˈswiːd(ə)l/ Obsolete slang.
transitive. To swindle by wheedling.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > wheedle, coax, or cajole > swindle by
to sting (someone) for1903
sweedle1909
1909 Daily Chron. 19 Jan. 4/4 He circumvented Isengrim the Wolf and ‘sweedled’ King Noble the Lion.
1914 Angl. Forsch. XLII. 20 The mind, hesitating between swindle and wheedle, compromises on sweedle. When the result pleases the coiners, it sometimes continues in family use, as sweedle in the case of a Nebraska family.
Derivatives
ˈsweedling n. and adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [noun] > wheedling, coaxing, or cajoling > swindling by
sweedling1908
the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adjective] > wheedling, coaxing, or cajoling > and swindling
sweedling1908
1908 H. A. Jones Dolly reforming Herself iv. 94 I'm not going to be sweedled!—Matt. What is sweedled? Harry. Sweedling is sweedling! It's part swindling and part wheedling!
1908 Westm. Gaz. 4 Nov. 5/2 Dolly is a ‘sweedling’ extravagant little vixen.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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