fiddler

Sunday afternoons are sweetened with the esteemed fiddler, Brendan Mulvehill, who is sometimes accompanied by flute, guitar or other instruments.
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Almost all involved with the creation of Fiddler on the Roof had familial ties to the world Sholem Aleichem described.
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And near the end of the play, Seguin offered an allusion to Fiddler on the Roof, yelling, “Sunrise, sunset!”
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So words and tears were of no avail; the parson was sent for, and she was married to the fiddler.
Grimms' Fairy Tales|The Brothers Grimm

Then the fiddler said, 'That is your and my house, where we are to live.'
Grimms' Fairy Tales|The Brothers Grimm
It was not hard to tell where he was, because he was a famous fiddler.
The Tale of Chirpy Cricket|Arthur Scott Bailey
And when our Mocarze fiddler played at the inn on Sundays, even the old people couldn't keep their feet still.
More Tales by Polish Authors|Various
Metcalf was well received by the nobility and gentry, who employed no other fiddler, except a boy, whom he hired as an assistant.
Yorkshire Oddities, Incidents and Strange Events|S. Baring-Gould

British Dictionary definitions for fiddler

fiddler

/ (ˈfɪdlə) /

noun

a person who plays the fiddle, esp in folk music

See fiddler crab

a person who wastes time or acts aimlessly

informal a cheat or petty rogue

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