[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quiddle \quid"dle\, v. i. imp.  p. p. quiddled; p. pr.  vb.
   n. quiddling. l. quid what.
   to spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful
   subjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle.
   1913 webster quiddle
see also:
quiddled quiddling 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

quiddle \quid"dle\, quiddler \quid"dler\, n.
   one who wastes his energy about trifles. --emerson.
   1913 webster

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