Search Details

Word: piddler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Place Like Home. Briggsy was a horrifying bowser of a Bryn Mawr graduate-a Philadelphia Main Liner, piddler in photography, a breeder of Scottish terriers. Briggsy was abetted by her Ma and Pa, who lined Jimbo-Jumbo's "den" with photographs of clipper ships; by her bouncing redheaded sisters, Franzie, Pollsie and Nellsie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Moral Appeaser | 2/22/1943 | See Source »

...just a piddler," all-American Chub Peabody asserted yesterday noon at the coaches and sports writers weekly confab at the Palmer House where he was the guest of honor...

Author: By Dave Stearns, | Title: Peabody Praises Harlow's Use of Defense Material | 11/25/1941 | See Source »

...piddler" according to Chub is a "drifter," and at drifting (and then smashing) the sports writers were agreed yesterday that Peabody has no equal...

Author: By Dave Stearns, | Title: Peabody Praises Harlow's Use of Defense Material | 11/25/1941 | See Source »

...piddler or drifter, and Vern and Tom are power players. Dick realized this and organized our defensive strategy accordingly...

Author: By Dave Stearns, | Title: Peabody Praises Harlow's Use of Defense Material | 11/25/1941 | See Source »

| 1 |