bull fiddle

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noun Informal.

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Origin of bull fiddle

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

OTHER WORDS FROM bull fiddle

bull fiddler, noun

Words nearby bull fiddle

bulletin board, bullet point, bulletproof, bullet train, bullet wood, bull fiddle, bullfight, bullfighter, bullfinch, bull float, bullfrog

How to use bull fiddle in a sentence

Yes, the minor-league baseball player memorably portrayed by Kevin Costner in Bull Durham.
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He also said police intend to put their beloved family pet, a Staffordshire bull terrier named Excalibur, to sleep.
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Biden made many visits to Baghdad and no doubt get fed a load of bull about inclusion on each one.
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On Wall Street, Bank of America plays a perpetual second fiddle to JPMorgan Chase Co., the only U.S. bank that holds more assets.
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Like at Bull Run, when I am in the presence of those old family letters, I am transported.
How Gettysburg Did Not Unlock the Past|Laird Hunt|September 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The well-known "cock and bull" stories of small children are inspired by this love of strong effect.
Children's Ways|James Sully
Then he clapped his fiddle under his chin and without more ado struck up "Bobbing Joan."
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Their jurisdictions overlapped and the Gascon would play second fiddle to no one save to his great brother-in-law.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
A view of the duchess's ball-room, or of the dining-table of the earl, will supersede all occasion for lengthy fiddle-faddle.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
I thought this young man was going to read us some of his poetry; it's too tiresome of him to stop to tell us about his bull-dog.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various