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to make jerky or restless movements
- small children are likely to fidget in church
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“Fidget.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fidget. Accessed 7 December 2019.
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The first known use of fidget was in 1674
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