fiddle-de-dee

American  

[fid-l-di-dee] / ˌfɪd l dɪˈdi /

Or fiddlededee,

interjection

1. (used to express irritation, dismissive indifference, or scorn.)

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fiddle-de-dee British  

/ ˌfɪdəldɪˈdiː /

interjection

1. rare an exclamation of impatience, disbelief, or disagreement

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Etymology

Origin of fiddle-de-dee

1775–85; fiddle + -de- (reduplication prefix) + (Tweedle)dee (in obsolete sense “fiddler”)

Example Sentences

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fiddle-de-dee

My art flatters nobody by imitation: it courts nobody by smoothness: it tickles nobody by politeness: it is without either fol-de-rol or fiddle-de-dee.

From Outdoor Sketching Four Talks Given before the Art Institute of Chicago; The Scammon Lectures, 1914 by Francis Hopkinson Smith

But duty, duty must be done; The rule applies to every one, And painful though that duty be, To shirk the task were fiddle-de-dee!

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert

"Yes," sighed Barnabas, "but I—" "Pish, sir, I say fiddle-de-dee!"

From The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffery Farnol

One thing though, wos fiddle-de-dee, They 'ad a "Refreshment Tent," CHARLIE.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 15, 1892 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand

"Faith!" says I, "if it's Raikes you mean, anything is believable of him—" "Raikes!" roars Jack, louder than ever, "fiddle-de-dee, sir! who mentioned that rascal—you got my note?"

From The Honourable Mr. Tawnish by C. E. (Charles Edmund) Brock