Diddler

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Diddler \Did"dler\, n.
     A cheat. [Colloq.]
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     {Jeremy Diddler}, a character in a play by James Kenney,
        entitled "Raising the wind." The name is applied to any


        needy, tricky, constant borrower; a confidence man.
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