Both Uses
fidget
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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- The latter third of the speech was marred by the resumption of fights and other recreations among certain of the bad boys, and by fidgetings and whisperings that extended far and wide, washing even to the bases of isolated and incorruptible rocks like Sid and Mary.†
Chpt 4
- He would have tossed and fidgeted, as his nerves demanded, but he was afraid he might wake Sid.†
Chpt 9 *fidgeted = made small restless movements
Definitions:
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(1)
(fidget) to make small restless movements
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely (and usually in older literature), fidgets can reference a condition of restlessness irrespective of movements.