† tweetlev.
Obsolete.
intransitive. = tweedle v.1 1.
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1850 [see tweetling n. at Derivatives].
1912 C. Murray Hamewith 5 He wheepled on 't at morning an' he tweetled on 't at nicht.
Derivatives
tweetling n. fiddling.
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1850 ‘T. Bobbin’ in S. Bamfort Dial. S. Lancs. 112 He's gone, Who lov'd the tweetling-trade [1763 tweedling-trade]!
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