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DANDLER

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dan⋅dle

  [dan-dl]
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–verb (used with object), -dled, -dling.
1. to move (a baby, child, etc.) lightly up and down, as on one's knee or in one's arms.
2. to pet; pamper.
Origin:
1520–30; dand- (obscurely akin to the base of F dandiner to dandle, se dandiner to waddle, and related Romance words) + -le

Related forms:
dandler, noun
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dan·dle   (dān'dl)   
tr.v.   dan·dled, dan·dling, dan·dles

  1. To move (a small child) up and down on the knees or in the arms in a playful way: "Somebody who was dandled on Queen Victoria's knee must appear an old fogy" (Edward, Duke of Windsor).

  2. To pamper or pet.

n.   Narragansett Bay
See seesaw. See Regional Note at teeter-totter.

[Origin unknown.]
dan'dler n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

dandle 
1530, of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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