tweedlen.

/ˈtwiːd(ə)l/

Etymology: See tweedle v.²

Criminals' slang.

A counterfeit ring; hence, a swindle (involving counterfeit goods); a ‘fiddle’, ‘racket’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > instance or piece of

lurch1533

fool-finder1685

chouse1708

swindle1778

swindling1814

do1821

shave1834

steal1872

fiddle1874

diddle1885

ramp1888

tweedle1890

take-down1892

window dressing1892

gyp1898

bobol1907

flanker1923

hype1926

have-on1931

chizz1953

scam1963

rip-off1968

rip1971

1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang II. 383/2 Tweedle (thieves), a spurious ring, used to swindle jewellers and pawn brokers.

1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad xxvii. 275 One of the oldest methods of crime is the Tweedle... The Tweedler spots a ring worth a lot of money in a jeweller's shop and goes..to have an exact..replica made. He goes in..and when the assistant isn't looking very carefully substitutes the fake for the real thing.

1959 J. Gosling Ghost Squad ix. 122 A bloke's tried to pull a tweedle on me with a load of jargoons.

1963 H. Slesar Bridge of Lions (1964) 2 ‘What's 'is tweedle?’ the youth asked suspiciously.

1982 New Society 2 Dec. 382/3 Then it was back to the shop for the ‘tweedle’—for the switch.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

tweedlev.¹

/ˈtwiːd(ə)l/

Etymology: apparently echoic: compare teedle v., toodle v., twiddle v.² In sense 2, apparently influenced by wheedle v.

1. intransitive. Of a musical instrument or one who plays it: To produce a succession of shrill modulated sounds; also, to play triflingly or carelessly upon an instrument; of a bird, etc., to whistle or pipe with modulations of tone.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > sound [verb (intransitive)] > shrilly

peepa1500

tweedle1684

tweedle-dee1837

1684 ‘Philo Pater’ Observ. Reproved 2 The Replyer is only an Instrument of the Faction, the Club blows the Bagpipes, and he Tweedles.

1728 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 182 Yesterday I dined at the Percivals, and tweedled away upon a lovely harpsichord.

1795 W. Cowper Pairing Time 38 Dick heard, and tweedling, ogling, bridling,..Attested, glad, his approbation.

1835 W. Beckford Recoll. Monasteries Alcobaça & Batalha vii. 107 A pair of flutes most nauseously tweedled upon by two..young monks.

2. transitive. To bring into some place or condition by or as by playing on an instrument in this way; to entice by or as by music; to wheedle, cajole.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > persuasive flattery or cajolery > cajole [verb (transitive)]

fagea1400

fleechc1425

flatter?a1513

stroke1513

sweeten1594

ingle1602

honey1604

coga1616

cajole1645

collogue1660

wheedle1661

coax1663

to wheedle with1664

to cajole with1665

tweedle1715

whilly1721

whillywha1816

to salve over1862

schmooze1899

plámás1919

sweet-talk1936

1715 J. Addison Free-Holder No. 3 A Fidler..brought in with him a Body of lusty young Fellows, whom he had tweedled into the Service.

1740 W. Somervile Hobbinol i. 149 Touch The trembling chords,..and the fond yielding Maid Is tweedled into Love.

a1763 W. Shenstone Ess. in Wks. (1765) II. 216 Why should he be esteemed devout..when he is tweedled into zeal by the dron pipe of an organ?

1896 O. Schreiner Story Afr. Farm i. xii Wheedle her, tweedle her, teedle her, but don't let her make sure of you.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

tweedlev.²

Etymology: probably < tweedle, variant twiddle v.¹ 2b of the latter.

Criminals' slang.

transitive. To counterfeit, swindle, practise a confidence trick on.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle

defraud1362

deceivec1380

plucka1500

lurch1530

defeata1538

souse1545

lick1548

wipe1549

fraud1563

use1564

cozen1573

nick1576

verse1591

rooka1595

trim1600

skelder1602

firk1604

dry-shave1620

fiddle1630

nose1637

foista1640

doa1642

sharka1650

chouse1654

burn1655

bilk1672

under-enter1692

sharp1699

stick1699

finger1709

roguea1714

fling1749

swindle1773

jink1777

queer1778

to do over1781

jump1789

mace1790

chisel1808

slang1812

bucket1819

to clean out1819

give it1819

to put in the hole1819

ramp1819

sting1819

victimize1839

financier1840

gum1840

snakea1861

to take down1865

verneuk1871

bunco1875

rush1875

gyp1879

salt1882

daddle1883

work1884

to have (one) on toast1886

slip1890

to do (a person) in the eye1891

sugar1892

flay1893

to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895

con1896

pad1897

screw1900

short-change1903

to do in1906

window dress1913

ream1914

twist1914

clean1915

rim1918

tweedle1925

hype1926

clip1927

take1927

gazump1928

yentz1930

promote1931

to take (someone) to the cleaners1932

to carve up1933

chizz1948

stiff1950

scam1963

to rip off1969

to stitch up1970

skunk1971

to steal (someone) blind1974

diddle-

1925 E. Jervis Twenty-five Years in Six Prisons i. 17 Some of the boys go ‘tweedling’. I am afraid that the knowing author of the ‘cracking-a-crib’ book would be flummoxed by ‘tweedling’.

1980 ‘D. Kavanagh’ Duffy ii. 30 Big bad villain. Girls, smokes, bit of smack, mossing, tweedling.

Derivatives

ˈtweedler n. one who tweedles.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun]

feature14..

frauderc1475

prowler1519

lurcher1528

defrauder1552

frauditor1553

taker-upc1555

verserc1555

fogger1564

Jack-in-the-box1570

gilenyer1590

foist1591

rutter1591

crossbiter1592

sharker1594

shark1600

bat-fowler1602

cheater1606

foister1610

operator1611

fraudsman1613

projector1615

smoke-sellera1618

decoy1618

firkera1626

scandaroon1631

snapa1640

cunning shaver1652

knight of industrya1658

chouse1658

cheat1664

sharper1681

jockey1683

rooker1683

fool-finder1685

rookster1697

sheep-shearer1699

bubbler1720

gyp1728

bite1742

swindler1770

pigeon1780

mace1781

gouger1790

needle1790

fly-by-night1796

sharp1797

skinner1797

diddler1803

mace cove1811

mace-gloak1819

macer1819

flat-catcher1821

moonlight wanderer1823

burner1838

Peter Funk1840

Funk1842

pigeoner1849

maceman1850

bester1856

fiddler1857

highway robber1874

bunco-steerer1875

swizzler1876

forty1879

flim-flammer1881

chouser1883

take-down1888

highbinder1890

fraud1895

Sam Slick1897

grafter1899

come-on1905

verneuker1905

gypster1917

chiseller1918

tweedler1925

rorter1926

gazumper1932

chizzer1935

sharpie1942

sharpster1942

slick1959

slickster1965

rip-off artist1968

shonky1970

rip-off merchant1971

1925 E. Jervis Twenty-five Years in Six Prisons i. 18 The chain is handed over in tissue-paper, and the ‘tweedler’ departs.

1959 J. Gosling Ghost Squad ix. 114 The tweedler will flog you sawdust cigarettes or dummy diamond rings.

1975 P. G. Winslow Death of Angel ix. 195 He was always blubbing to Joss, a tweedler like that has to make himself big to a woman.

ˈtweedling n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun]

defraudc1450

defraudationc1503

fraudingc1530

defrauding1548

cheateryc1555

cheatingc1555

versing1591

begeckc1600

sharking1602

shaving1606

rooking1635

defraudment1645

emunging1664

prowlerya1670

bilking1687

sharping1692

mace1742

fineering1765

swindling1769

highway robbery1777

macing1811

flat-catching1821

ramping1830

swindlery1833

rigging1846

diddlinga1849

suck-in1856

daylight robbery1863

cooking1873

bunco-steering1875

chousing1881

fiddling1884

verneukery1896

padding1900

verneukering1900

bobol1907

swizzle1913

ramp1915

swizz1915

chizzing1948

tweedling1975

1975 P. G. Winslow Death of Angel iv. 94 ‘Tweedling’—small con jobs, mostly against the old and weak.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

> see also

also refers to : tweedle-comb. form

n.1890

v.¹1684

v.²1925

单词	tweedle
释义	tweedlen. /ˈtwiːd(ə)l/ Etymology: See tweedle v.² Criminals' slang. A counterfeit ring; hence, a swindle (involving counterfeit goods); a ‘fiddle’, ‘racket’. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > instance or piece of lurch1533 fool-finder1685 chouse1708 swindle1778 swindling1814 do1821 shave1834 steal1872 fiddle1874 diddle1885 ramp1888 tweedle1890 take-down1892 window dressing1892 gyp1898 bobol1907 flanker1923 hype1926 have-on1931 chizz1953 scam1963 rip-off1968 rip1971 1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang II. 383/2 Tweedle (thieves), a spurious ring, used to swindle jewellers and pawn brokers. 1938 F. D. Sharpe Sharpe of Flying Squad xxvii. 275 One of the oldest methods of crime is the Tweedle... The Tweedler spots a ring worth a lot of money in a jeweller's shop and goes..to have an exact..replica made. He goes in..and when the assistant isn't looking very carefully substitutes the fake for the real thing. 1959 J. Gosling Ghost Squad ix. 122 A bloke's tried to pull a tweedle on me with a load of jargoons. 1963 H. Slesar Bridge of Lions (1964) 2 ‘What's 'is tweedle?’ the youth asked suspiciously. 1982 New Society 2 Dec. 382/3 Then it was back to the shop for the ‘tweedle’—for the switch. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018). tweedlev.¹ /ˈtwiːd(ə)l/ Etymology: apparently echoic: compare teedle v., toodle v., twiddle v.² In sense 2, apparently influenced by wheedle v. 1. intransitive. Of a musical instrument or one who plays it: To produce a succession of shrill modulated sounds; also, to play triflingly or carelessly upon an instrument; of a bird, etc., to whistle or pipe with modulations of tone. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > sound [verb (intransitive)] > shrilly peepa1500 tweedle1684 tweedle-dee1837 1684 ‘Philo Pater’ Observ. Reproved 2 The Replyer is only an Instrument of the Faction, the Club blows the Bagpipes, and he Tweedles. 1728 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) I. 182 Yesterday I dined at the Percivals, and tweedled away upon a lovely harpsichord. 1795 W. Cowper Pairing Time 38 Dick heard, and tweedling, ogling, bridling,..Attested, glad, his approbation. 1835 W. Beckford Recoll. Monasteries Alcobaça & Batalha vii. 107 A pair of flutes most nauseously tweedled upon by two..young monks. 2. transitive. To bring into some place or condition by or as by playing on an instrument in this way; to entice by or as by music; to wheedle, cajole. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > persuasive flattery or cajolery > cajole [verb (transitive)] fagea1400 fleechc1425 flatter?a1513 stroke1513 sweeten1594 ingle1602 honey1604 coga1616 cajole1645 collogue1660 wheedle1661 coax1663 to wheedle with1664 to cajole with1665 tweedle1715 whilly1721 whillywha1816 to salve over1862 schmooze1899 plámás1919 sweet-talk1936 1715 J. Addison Free-Holder No. 3 A Fidler..brought in with him a Body of lusty young Fellows, whom he had tweedled into the Service. 1740 W. Somervile Hobbinol i. 149 Touch The trembling chords,..and the fond yielding Maid Is tweedled into Love. a1763 W. Shenstone Ess. in Wks. (1765) II. 216 Why should he be esteemed devout..when he is tweedled into zeal by the dron pipe of an organ? 1896 O. Schreiner Story Afr. Farm i. xii Wheedle her, tweedle her, teedle her, but don't let her make sure of you. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). tweedlev.² Etymology: probably < tweedle, variant twiddle v.¹ 2b of the latter. Criminals' slang. transitive. To counterfeit, swindle, practise a confidence trick on. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > perpetrate (a swindle) [verb (transitive)] > defraud or swindle defraud1362 deceivec1380 plucka1500 lurch1530 defeata1538 souse1545 lick1548 wipe1549 fraud1563 use1564 cozen1573 nick1576 verse1591 rooka1595 trim1600 skelder1602 firk1604 dry-shave1620 fiddle1630 nose1637 foista1640 doa1642 sharka1650 chouse1654 burn1655 bilk1672 under-enter1692 sharp1699 stick1699 finger1709 roguea1714 fling1749 swindle1773 jink1777 queer1778 to do over1781 jump1789 mace1790 chisel1808 slang1812 bucket1819 to clean out1819 give it1819 to put in the hole1819 ramp1819 sting1819 victimize1839 financier1840 gum1840 snakea1861 to take down1865 verneuk1871 bunco1875 rush1875 gyp1879 salt1882 daddle1883 work1884 to have (one) on toast1886 slip1890 to do (a person) in the eye1891 sugar1892 flay1893 to give (someone) the rinky-dink1895 con1896 pad1897 screw1900 short-change1903 to do in1906 window dress1913 ream1914 twist1914 clean1915 rim1918 tweedle1925 hype1926 clip1927 take1927 gazump1928 yentz1930 promote1931 to take (someone) to the cleaners1932 to carve up1933 chizz1948 stiff1950 scam1963 to rip off1969 to stitch up1970 skunk1971 to steal (someone) blind1974 diddle- 1925 E. Jervis Twenty-five Years in Six Prisons i. 17 Some of the boys go ‘tweedling’. I am afraid that the knowing author of the ‘cracking-a-crib’ book would be flummoxed by ‘tweedling’. 1980 ‘D. Kavanagh’ Duffy ii. 30 Big bad villain. Girls, smokes, bit of smack, mossing, tweedling. Derivatives ˈtweedler n. one who tweedles. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] feature14.. frauderc1475 prowler1519 lurcher1528 defrauder1552 frauditor1553 taker-upc1555 verserc1555 fogger1564 Jack-in-the-box1570 gilenyer1590 foist1591 rutter1591 crossbiter1592 sharker1594 shark1600 bat-fowler1602 cheater1606 foister1610 operator1611 fraudsman1613 projector1615 smoke-sellera1618 decoy1618 firkera1626 scandaroon1631 snapa1640 cunning shaver1652 knight of industrya1658 chouse1658 cheat1664 sharper1681 jockey1683 rooker1683 fool-finder1685 rookster1697 sheep-shearer1699 bubbler1720 gyp1728 bite1742 swindler1770 pigeon1780 mace1781 gouger1790 needle1790 fly-by-night1796 sharp1797 skinner1797 diddler1803 mace cove1811 mace-gloak1819 macer1819 flat-catcher1821 moonlight wanderer1823 burner1838 Peter Funk1840 Funk1842 pigeoner1849 maceman1850 bester1856 fiddler1857 highway robber1874 bunco-steerer1875 swizzler1876 forty1879 flim-flammer1881 chouser1883 take-down1888 highbinder1890 fraud1895 Sam Slick1897 grafter1899 come-on1905 verneuker1905 gypster1917 chiseller1918 tweedler1925 rorter1926 gazumper1932 chizzer1935 sharpie1942 sharpster1942 slick1959 slickster1965 rip-off artist1968 shonky1970 rip-off merchant1971 1925 E. Jervis Twenty-five Years in Six Prisons i. 18 The chain is handed over in tissue-paper, and the ‘tweedler’ departs. 1959 J. Gosling Ghost Squad ix. 114 The tweedler will flog you sawdust cigarettes or dummy diamond rings. 1975 P. G. Winslow Death of Angel ix. 195 He was always blubbing to Joss, a tweedler like that has to make himself big to a woman. ˈtweedling n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] defraudc1450 defraudationc1503 fraudingc1530 defrauding1548 cheateryc1555 cheatingc1555 versing1591 begeckc1600 sharking1602 shaving1606 rooking1635 defraudment1645 emunging1664 prowlerya1670 bilking1687 sharping1692 mace1742 fineering1765 swindling1769 highway robbery1777 macing1811 flat-catching1821 ramping1830 swindlery1833 rigging1846 diddlinga1849 suck-in1856 daylight robbery1863 cooking1873 bunco-steering1875 chousing1881 fiddling1884 verneukery1896 padding1900 verneukering1900 bobol1907 swizzle1913 ramp1915 swizz1915 chizzing1948 tweedling1975 1975 P. G. Winslow Death of Angel iv. 94 ‘Tweedling’—small con jobs, mostly against the old and weak. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > see also also refers to : tweedle-comb. form < n.1890v.¹1684v.²1925 see also
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Derivatives

> see also

tweedlev.¹

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