Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PID'DLE
PID'DLE, v.i. [This is a different spelling of peddle, or from the same source.]
- To deal in trifles; to spend time in trifling objects; to attend to trivial concerns or the small parts rather than to the main. – Ainsworth.
- To pick at table; to eat squeamishly or without appetite. – Swift.
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