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• fiddle back
  fiddle back

  noun

  a chair back having a solid splat similar in form to that of a fiddle.
• fiddle-back
  fiddle-back

  noun

  a chair with a fiddle-shaped back

fiddle back

American  

noun

1. a chair back having a solid splat similar in form to that of a fiddle.

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fiddle-back British  

noun

1. a chair with a fiddle-shaped back

2. a chasuble with a fiddle-shaped front

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Example Sentences

He put the fiddle back in the bag and turned in his saddle to mark the location of the hut in his mind—there was a clump of eucalyptus trees just north of it.

From The Desert Fiddler by Hamby, William H. (William Henry)

"Mais, oui," said the French-Canadian, placing his fiddle back under his chin, and the stirring air went on again.

From Bring Me His Ears by Mulford, Clarence E.

"I don't want the fiddle back, Felix," he said, "but my partner, y'understand, he is the one which is always—" "Say no more, Abe," Felix cried.

From Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter by Glass, Montague

Now if I am right and we take the fiddle back, then we are acting like a couple of cheap yokels, ain't it?

From Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter by Glass, Montague

"We would quick find out for ourselves what the fiddle really is, because to-morrow morning I am going around to the store and Geigermann gives me the fiddle back."

From Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter by Glass, Montague