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  • 11on the fiddle — Meaning Engaged in corruption. Origin In the Navy, or perhaps any ship in years gone by, sailors received their meals on a square plate with a raised edge called the fiddle. I they were to overfill their plate they were said to be On the fiddle …

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  • 12on the fiddle — (UK) Someone who is stealing money from work is on the fiddle, especially if they are doing it by fraud …

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  • 13on the fiddle informal, — on the fiddle informal, chiefly Brit. engaged in fraud or cheating. → fiddle …

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  • 14on the fiddle — Involved in swindling • • • Main Entry: ↑fiddle * * * chiefly British, informal engaged in cheating or swindling …

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  • 15on the fiddle — (UK)    Someone who is stealing money from work is on the fiddle, especially if they are doing it by fraud.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …

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  • 16On the fiddle —   (UK)   Someone who is stealing money from work is on the fiddle, especially if they are doig it by fraud …

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  • 17The Helland fiddle maker family — The Helland family from Bø in Telemark is a Norwegian dynasty of Hardanger fiddle makers who made the most significant and important contribution to the development of the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle tradition. The celebrated Norwegian fiddler Ole …

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  • 18fiddle — fid‧dle [ˈfɪdl] verb [transitive] informal to give false information about something in order to avoid paying money, or to get extra money: • It would be naive to think that staff never fiddle their expenses. • Auditors ensure that employers or… …

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  • 19The Devil Went Down to Georgia — Single by Charlie Daniels from the album Million Mile Reflections …

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  • 20Fiddle — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El término Fiddle, hace referencia a cualquier instrumento musical de cuerda que se hace sonar con arco, lo que incluye al violín. Se trata de un término coloquial para aquellos instrumentos utilizados por músicos en …

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