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

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

From The Amateur Gentleman by Farnol, Jeffery

Tush, boy!" murmured my uncle Jervas, lounging gracefully against the balustrade of the terrace again, "Tush and fiddle-de-dee!

From Peregrine's Progress by Farnol, Jeffery

Don't talk fiddle-de-dee nonsense about your life being wrecked.

From The Squire An Original Comedy in Three Acts by Pinero, Arthur Wing, Sir

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 Smith, Francis Hopkinson

For 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 Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir