See Also: Canaris, Wilhelm (Franz)(encyclopedia)
diddle-(dictionary)
diddle(2)(dictionary)
diddle(1)(dictionary)
diddle(dictionary)
Best, Franz(medicine)
Bopp, Franz(encyclopedia)
Kline, Franz(encyclopedia)
Kafka, Franz(encyclopedia)
Riegel, Franz(medicine)

diddle(2) (iou) and Canaris, Wilhelm (Franz) (sh)


diddle(2) (iou)



diddle verb2. colloq. E19.
[Origin uncertain: perh. back-form. from DIDDLER, or identical with DIDDLE verb1.]
verb trans. Cheat, swindle (out of). E19.
verb trans. Ruin; kill. Now rare or obsolete. E19.
a. verb trans. Pass (time) idly, trifle away. E19.
b. verb intrans. Idle, potter, loaf (about, around); play around. E19.
H. Nicolson I rather diddle about in the morning.

Canaris, Wilhelm (Franz) (sh)




born Jan. 1, 1887, Aplerbeck, Westphalia, Ger.
died April 9, 1945, Flossenburg concentration camp, Bavaria

German naval officer.

Under Adolf Hitler, Canaris became head of military intelligence (Abwehr) in 1935. Believing that the Nazi regime would destroy traditional conservative values and that its foreign ambitions were dangerous to Germany, he enlisted some of the anti-Hitler conspirators into the Abwehr and shielded their activities. After the abortive July Plot against Hitler in 1944, Canaris was arrested and executed.