tudelv.
rare.
intransitive. A depreciative or humorous expression for ‘to play on a musical instrument’.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > play instrument [verb (intransitive)] > plunk or twiddle
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twiddle1863
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1814 F. Burney Wanderer II. 109 Give her as much of your tudeling as will come to this... By then, she'll be able to twiddle over them wires by herself.
Derivatives
ˈtudeler n. [compare German dudler bad player or singer]
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > [noun]
player?c1450
sounder1591
instrumentist1609
twire-pipea1625
tweedle-dee1725
tweedle-dum1725
instrumental1798
instrumentalist1814
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1814 F. Burney Wanderer II. 110 He called her his pretty tudeler.
ˈtudle adv. and int. an imitation of the sound of a flute or similar instrument (cf. toodle-toodle n. at toodle v. Derivatives).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [interjection] > sound of flute
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1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing 17 The fifes and the bugles..went tudle, tudle, tudle, tudle.
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