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'''Jeremy Diddler''' is a fictional character in [[James Kenney (dramatist)|James Kenney]]'s 1803 [[farce]] ''Raising the Wind'', and is said to have been based on an amusing importunist named Bibb, dubbed |
'''Jeremy Diddler''' is a fictional character in [[James Kenney (dramatist)|James Kenney]]'s 1803 [[farce]] ''Raising the Wind'', and is said to have been based on an amusing importunist named Bibb, dubbed “half-crown Bibb”.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Original Jeremy Diddler |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123548262 |newspaper=[[The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |volume=XIV |issue=1081 |date=17 August 1872 |page=4 |access-date=3 September 2021 |via=[[National Library of Australia]]}}</ref> |
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A needy, artful swindler, |
A needy, artful swindler, “Jeremy Diddler” became a [[stock character]] in farce; the word “[[wikt:diddle|diddle]]” may be derived from him, or ''vice versa'', and was a very common expression in the 19th and early 20th centuries.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jeremy Diddler |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66347356 |newspaper=[[The Star (Ballarat)|The Star]] |location=Victoria, Australia |volume=IX |issue=197 |date=18 August 1864 |page=3 |access-date=4 September 2021 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219422011 |title=A Jeremy Diddler |newspaper=[[The Weekly Times]] |issue=532 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=15 November 1879 |access-date=4 September 2021 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A Jeremy Diddler |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38350242 |newspaper=[[The Launceston Examiner]] |location=Tasmania, Australia |volume=XLIX |issue=149 |date=24 June 1889 |page=3 |access-date=4 September 2021 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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The character of Jeremy Diddler is discussed in some detail in [[Herman Melville]]'s ''[[The Confidence-Man|The Confidence Man: His Masquerade]]''. |
The character of Jeremy Diddler is discussed in some detail in [[Herman Melville]]'s ''[[The Confidence-Man|The Confidence Man: His Masquerade]]''. |
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Revision as of 13:24, 20 December 2023
Jeremy Diddler is a fictional character in James Kenney's 1803 farce Raising the Wind, and is said to have been based on an amusing importunist named Bibb, dubbed “half-crown Bibb”.[1]
A needy, artful swindler, “Jeremy Diddler” became a stock character in farce; the word “diddle” may be derived from him, or vice versa, and was a very common expression in the 19th and early 20th centuries.[2][3][4]
The character of Jeremy Diddler is discussed in some detail in Herman Melville's The Confidence Man: His Masquerade.
He appears in Thomas Haynes Bayly's novel David Dumps (chapter XV).
References
- ^ "The Original Jeremy Diddler". The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser. Vol. XIV, no. 1081. New South Wales, Australia. 17 August 1872. p. 4. Retrieved 3 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Jeremy Diddler". The Star. Vol. IX, no. 197. Victoria, Australia. 18 August 1864. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "A Jeremy Diddler". The Weekly Times. No. 532. Victoria, Australia. 15 November 1879. p. 7. Retrieved 4 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "A Jeremy Diddler". The Launceston Examiner. Vol. XLIX, no. 149. Tasmania, Australia. 24 June 1889. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wood, James, ed. (1907). "Jeremy Diddler". The Nuttall Encyclopædia. London and New York: Frederick Warne.
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