“then WEADLE in the little buggers dry with a large blunt screwdriver'”
Interesting that you use the Old Pogle word that is both the noun for a small insect that eats rubber and the verb to relieve oneself. Strange how backward the inbred inhabitants of the outer reaches of Her Magisties Kingdom appear, but the modern spin is that they are quaint.
The more usual 'Wheedle' meaning to attempt to start a BSA single, is obviously derived from the typical usage:
“Them theres a wheedling ‘is Beesa”
Especially as both versions implied a rustic (or maybe rusty) double entendre for taking a leak (akin to scrumping apples (taking a leek

)) or attempting to start an old motorbike.
Seriously Chris, “weadles” are alive and kicking down in Wessex and I like to think the tone implies less scruples rather than less honesty.
Q. What chance some of our friends from overseas understanding us?
A. Two chances, rock all and none!!
Are "Smarties" international?
There is no evidence to support the notion that life is serious.
Abyssinian Wire-Haired Tripehounds Gnash.