[f. TWIDDLE v.1] An act of twiddling; a twirl or twist; also, a curl, a twirled mark or sign. (In quot. 1774, applied to a ‘grace’ in music.)
1774. T. Twining, in Recreat. & Stud. (1882), 30. Purcell, with all his old curls and twiddles, is perfection to him.
1849. Thackeray, Dinners, Wks. 1901, VI. 646. The coaxing twiddle which they give to the ties of their white chokers.
1893. Spectator, 28 Jan., 101/2. ‘e’ for ‘æ’ is just as much a contraction as ‘r’ with a twiddle for ‘rum.’
1903. Daily Chron., 11 Dec., 7/2. A curious-looking diagram … with a few spots or twiddles on the light part of it.
