Faddle
Definition of Faddle:
part of speech: verb intransitive
To trifle; to toy; fiddle- faddle, idle or purposeless action or talk.
Usage examples:
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The longueurs and the fiddle- faddle the shameless and fulsome preface- advertisements and the rest lay open enough to censure.
George Saintsbury in "The English Novel". -
I think it is hard enough for poor human natur' to keep the commandments of the Lord and the laws of the land without having to be bound by a passel of fiddle- faddle fancies!
Emma D. E. N. Southworth in "Her Mother's Secret". -
I venture again to interrupt the current of Mr. Leigh's narrative with a word or two on the " Fiddle- Faddle book.
William Powell Frith in "John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1". -
Dost thou think I will fiddle- faddle about myself like a woman?
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr in "An Orkney Maid".