noun. Slang. A person who cheats: bilk, cheat, cheater, cozener, defrauder, rook, sharper, swindler, trickster, victimizer.

Where does the word Diddler come from?

Like fiddle, diddle can also mean cheat or swindle, and this definition likely originated from Jeremy Diddler, the conman in James Kenney's 1803 play Raising the Wind.

What does kid Diddler mean?

1 tr to cheat or swindle. 2 intr an obsolete word for → dawdle.