fiddler's money

British slang for a pound sterling — a diminutive, affectionate riff on 'quid,' which is already the go-to informal word for a pound. A quidlet suggests something small, trivial, or trifling, like you're talking about chump change or a tiny amount of money not worth stressing over. It has a certain playful, almost Victorian charm — the kind of word a market trader or loveable rogue might use while waving away financial concerns.

A British informal contraction of 'fivepence' — the sum of five pennies. The clipped form follows a general pattern of colloquial British money talk (cf. 'tuppence' for twopence, 'tenpence'). Largely obsolete since decimalisation, but still encountered in older literature and occasionally in regional speech.

One who fiddles; a cheat.

Money obtained in a devious or sneaky manner.