fiddle-de-dee
American
[fid-l-di-dee]
/ ˌfɪd l dɪˈdi /
Or
fiddlededee,
interjection
fiddle-de-dee
British
/ ˌfɪdəldɪˈdiː /
interjection
Etymology
Origin of fiddle-de-dee
1775–85; fiddle + -de- (reduplication prefix) + (Tweedle)dee (in obsolete sense “fiddler”)
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