chaves = uneducated young people? fiddlers = swindlers?

[NewHopeR]

Context:

[h=2]It's not just the chavs who cheat at benefits: Meet the middle-class fiddlers who feel entitled to claim your taxes[/h] Those looking to milk the system are not just the single mothers of five in a council houses; even the middle classes are looking to cheat the system.

 

[5jj]

Definition of chav | Collins English Dictionary

 

[NewHopeR]

Definition of chav | Collins English Dictionary

Thanks.

Fiddler means gadabout here?

 

[5jj]

fiddler - definition. American English definition of fiddler by Macmillan Dictionary definition 2.

 

[Tdol]

The word chav is used in BrE, but people are starting to object to it, so be careful with it- it's moving from slang to offensive. :up: