TWEEDLE

tweedle. Tweedle, v.t. to handle lightly or softly

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Twee″dle (?), v. t. [[Cf. Twiddle.]] [Written also twidle.] 1. 1. To handle lightly; — said with reference to awkward fiddling; hence, to influence as if by fiddling; to coax; to allure.
A fiddler brought in with him a body of lusty young fellows, whom he had tweedled into the service. Addison. 2. 2. To twist. Halliwell.