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Fidge vs Pidge - What's the difference?

fidge | pidge |

As verbs the difference between fidge and pidge

is that fidge is (obsolete|dialectal|scotland) to fidget; jostle or shake while pidge is to post (something) in a pigeonhole.

As nouns the difference between fidge and pidge

is that fidge is (obsolete|dialectal|scotland) a shake; fiddle or similar agitation while pidge is a pigeonhole.

fidge

English

Verb

  • (obsolete, dialectal, Scotland) To fidget; jostle or shake.
  • *1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
    • "Look, Jim, how my fingers fidges ," he continued in the pleading tone. "I can't keep 'em still, not I. I haven't had a drop this blessed day. That doctor's a fool, I tell you. If I don't have a dram o' rum, Jim, I'll have the horrors..."

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, dialectal, Scotland) A shake; fiddle or similar agitation.

    • pidge

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pigeonhole.
  • * 2014 , Emerald Fennell, Shiverton Hall: The Creeper (page 114)
    • Toynbee examined the book with interest. 'He said it was put in your pidge ?' he said.

    Verb

    (pidg)
  • To post (something) in a pigeonhole.
    • Please pidge your completed application form to the society president.

    Usage notes

    * Associated with Oxford University.

    References

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