v. dial. [Colloquial formation from CON- and DIDDLE.] trans. To make away with (either by waste or pilfering).
1746. Exmoor Scolding, II. (Dial. Soc.), 56. Ha wud zoon ha’ be’ condidled.
1824. Scott, St. Ronan’s, iv. ‘Twig the old connoisseur,’ said the Squire to the Knight, ‘he is condiddling the drawing.’
1880. W. Cornwall Gloss., Condidled, stolen; conveyed away by trickery.
1880. E. Cornw. Gloss., Condiddle, to take away clandestinely; to filch.
Hence Condiddlement.
1857. Chamb. Jrnl., VII. 354. Don’t put everything of value out of sight, as though you were afraid of some condidlement.
