fiddlers
fiddler Sometimes after carrying the bar for possibly an hour, a person might begin to stagger with the weight. The men said that man had the fiddlers. This meant that he couldn't carry the loaded bar with a steady walk. DNE-cit G.M.Story FEB 1973 JH FEB 1973 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Used I Defi...
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| Summary: | fiddler Sometimes after carrying the bar for possibly an hour, a person might begin to stagger with the weight. The men said that man had the fiddlers. This meant that he couldn't carry the loaded bar with a steady walk. DNE-cit G.M.Story FEB 1973 JH FEB 1973 Used I and Sup Used I 2 Used I Defined in the DNE-I as: 2 Phr have the fiddlers: to stagger. The word fiddler is in 'quotations' in the cited quotation' but these are cross out by hand. |
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