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fiddlesticks

American  
[fid-l-stiks] / ˈfɪd lˌstɪks /

interjection

  1. (used to express impatience, dismissal, etc.)


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)

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