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Peddling \Ped"dling\, a.
1. Hawking; acting as a peddler.
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2. Petty; insignificant; trifling; paltry; piddling; -- now
less common than {piddling}. "The miserable remains of a
peddling commerce." --Burke.

Syn: petty; insignificant; trifling; paltry; piddling.
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Piddling \Pid"dling\, a.
Trifling; trivial; frivolous; paltry; -- applied to persons
and things.
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The ignoble hucksterage of piddling tithes. --Milton.
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Piddle \Pid"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Piddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Piddling}.] [Cf. dial. Sw. pittla to keep picking at, Sw.
peta to pick.]
1. To deal in trifles; to concern one's self with trivial
matters rather than with those that are important.
--Ascham.
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2. To be squeamishly nice about one's food. --Swift.
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3. To urinate; -- child's word.
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