English Explanatory Dictionary

hey diddle diddle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The middle.

Word forms

hey diddle diddle

Etymology

Rhyming slang referencing the namesake nursery rhyme. Phrase first attested in Thomas Preston's Cambyses, king of Persia (1569).

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