Usually means: Person who wastes time idly.
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  1. fiddle-faddler, fiddle-faddler: Collins English Dictionary
  2. fiddle-faddler: Wordnik
  3. fiddle-faddler: Wiktionary
  4. fiddle-faddler: Dictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fiddle-faddler)

▸ noun:  One who trifles or dallies.

Similar:
fiddler, piddler, player, footler, toyer, faffer, befuddler, fidgetter, whiffler, fritterer, more...

Opposite:
serious-minded, practical, focused, diligent

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Similar:
fiddler, piddler, player, footler, toyer, faffer, befuddler, fidgetter, whiffler, fritterer, more...

Opposite:
serious-minded, practical, focused, diligent



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