What does hey-diddle-diddle mean?

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hey-diddle-diddle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

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"We had one guy called Tommy Casey who used to say, "If in doubt, kick it up the hey-diddle-diddle." That was his instruction to you."

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