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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Peddling \Ped"dling\, a. 1. Hawking; acting as a peddler. [1913 Webster]

    2. Petty; insignificant; trifling; paltry; piddling; -- now less common than piddling. "The miserable remains of a peddling commerce." --Burke.

    Syn: petty; insignificant; trifling; paltry; piddling. [1913 Webster]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Piddling \Pid"dling\, a. Trifling; trivial; frivolous; paltry; -- applied to persons and things. [1913 Webster]

    The ignoble hucksterage of piddling tithes. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

  3.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Piddle \Pid"dle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Piddled; p. pr. & vb. n. Piddling.] [Cf. dial. Sw. pittla to keep picking at, Sw. peta to pick.] 1. To deal in trifles; to concern one's self with trivial matters rather than with those that are important. --Ascham. [1913 Webster]

    2. To be squeamishly nice about one's food. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

    3. To urinate; -- child's word. [1913 Webster]