Gin.
to diddle
To cheat. To defraud. The cull diddled me out of my dearee; the fellow robbed me of my sweetheart.
See Jeremy Diddler In Raising The Wind.
·vt To cheat or overreach. II. Diddle ·vi To totter, as a child in walking. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
To deceive. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book