fiddlestick
Americannoun
noun
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informal a violin bow
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any meaningless or inconsequential thing; trifle
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an expression of annoyance or disagreement
Etymology
Origin of fiddlestick
First recorded in 1400–50, fiddlestick is from the late Middle English word fidillstyk. See fiddle, stick 1
Vocabulary lists containing fiddlestick
Example Sentences
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"Fiddlestick," said the father, who had seen the way in which Mrs. Bold had got into the carriage while his son stood apart without even offering her his hand.
From Barchester Towers by Trollope, Anthony
Embraces, in a Fiddlestick; why, are we not married?
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Summers, Montague
"Fiddlestick on his genius!" said old Mr. Nutcracker; "what does he DO?"
From Queer Little Folks by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Why, sir," answered the Tinker, shaking his head a little sadly, "I don't know aught about music, d'ye see—" "Fiddlestick, man!
From Peregrine's Progress by Farnol, Jeffery
Fiddlestick, Fiddlestring, Thimble, Needle, Gunpowder, Hope, O, and O—and Oh, and twenty-eight or thirty explanations of the particle on, are left without remark to the reader's penetration.
From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous
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