Diddling, rightly considered, is a compound, of which the ingredients are minuteness, interest, perseverance, ingenuity, audacity, nonchalance, originality, impertinence, and grin.

That, at least, seems to be the message of baboon salutations. The closer the social bond between two animals, the more intrusive and risky the greeting when they meet. For male Guinea baboons ...

People who pay cash in hand to tradesmen are “diddling” the economy and diverting money from hospitals and schools, the country’s most senior taxman, Dave Hartnett, has warned.

In Scotland, diddling is a specific style of singing that ’ s more of an old-timey equivalent to scatting, as contestants in the hilariously titled World Diddling Championships sang lilting ...