noun
General Slang
piddler
· noun · prison
A prisoner who makes leather goods and crafts in the prison craft shop.
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Definitions
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An inmate who works in the piddlin' shop — the craft room where eligible prisoners tool leather, carve wood, paint, and produce goods to sell to the public. Earned through good behaviour, done after duty hours. Pays just enough to buy commissary, gamble small, and post the odd thing home. Particularly associated with Texas prisons.
“The old piddlers on the wing could turn out a wallet that'd shame anything in the gift shops.”
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piddler In A Sentence
The old piddlers on the wing could turn out a wallet that'd shame anything in the gift shops.
Origin & Usage
From 'piddle' in its sense of pottering or tinkering at small work.
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