fidge
Britishverb
Etymology
Origin of fidge
C18: probably variant of dialect fitch to fidget
Example Sentences
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“Dog on it,” said James, giving a fidge with his hainches; “Dog on it, as I am a living sinner, that is the head of a Willie-goat.”
From The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself by Moir, David Macbeth
They fidge an they fume an they flutter, Like a burd catched wi lime on a tree, And they'll fratch wi ther own breead an butter:— But aw wodn't for all aw could see.
From Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect by Hartley, John
What is it, that makes you fidge up and down so?
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir
In 1845—after saying good-bye and "Why will you go to Switzerland? there will be such a fidge about you when you're gone"—Turner lost his health, and was never himself again.
From The Life of John Ruskin by Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom)
There, don’t be in such a fidge about it; you couldn’t act square to both of them.”
From To The West by Fenn, George Manville
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