fiddlesticks
Americaninterjection
Etymology
Origin of fiddlesticks
First recorded in 1600–10; plural of fiddlestick or shortening of fiddlestick’s end (i.e., fiddlesticks end at a point, which is nothing)
Example Sentences
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They work away at their fiddlesticks with a will; and they make a noise, but there is no music in it.
From The Talking Beasts by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
Why, I only meant that Kenneth is,—well he's a dear and all that, but he's so——" "Oh, fiddlesticks, Nan, say it out!
From Patty's Suitors by Wells, Carolyn
I mean the prairies,—yes, even the desert,—the limitless expanse of—" "Limitless fiddlesticks!
From Patty and Azalea by Wells, Carolyn
"Holds fiddlesticks," said Mrs. Stuvic, with a sniff.
From A Yankee from the West A Novel by Read, Opie Percival
Simply to say you're going to make your fortune is all fiddlesticks and folly.
From Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure by Stables, Gordon
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