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Swindling musician (7)

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fiddler

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'musician' is the definition.
(fiddler can informally mean a violinist)

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(Other definitions for fiddler that I've seen before include "Violinist - cheat" , "Violinist - swindler - type of crab" , "Violinist (colloq.)" , "String player" , "Violinist (on the 11?)" .)

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