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verb (wheedles, wheedling, wheedled) (transitive) and (intransitive)
  1. To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
  2. To obtain something by guile or trickery.
I'd like one of those, too, if you can him into telling you where he got it.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Possibly from Old English "waedlian" ("to beg").

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