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DIDDLE DODDLE, n. [rhyming slang for model n. 2.] also deedle dawdle. A model lodging house (s.v. model n. 2).ne.Sc. 1958 Jessie Kesson The White Bird Passes (1987) 98:
"There's a Diddle Doddle there. With a bit of luck we'll get a bed for ninepence."Gsw. 1986 Alex Cathcart The Comeback 163:
". . . At this time of the year he's probably in the Model but." The Model. The deedle-dawdle. Whose model anyway? Model for what? The model that had already been rejected maybe.