fiddlestick

[ fid-l-stik ]

/ ˈfɪd lˌstɪk /

noun

anything; a bit: I don't care a fiddlestick for what they say.

Nearby words

fiddlehead, fiddler, fiddler beetle, fiddler crab, fiddlerfish, fiddlestick, fiddlesticks, fiddlewood, fiddling, fiddly, fide

Origin of fiddlestick

First recorded in 1400–50, fiddlestick is from the late Middle English word fidillstyk. See fiddle, stick¹

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Examples from the Web for fiddlestick

It is Folker's long broadsword that the poet, with a grim kind of merriment, calls his fiddlestick.
The Nibelungenlied|Unknown
Fiddlestick, and why did you not get this nonsense knocked out of your head when you were in the wars?
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.|W. M. Thackeray
His ears are perpetually drilling with a fiddlestick, and endures pleasures with less patience than other men do their pains.'
The Wits and Beaux of Society|Grace Wharton and Philip Wharton
Truly the "fiddlestick" is a magic wand in more senses than one.
The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use|Henry Saint-George

If you've all the tense strings you may take life for your fiddlestick.
The Tragic Muse|Henry James

British Dictionary definitions for fiddlestick

fiddlestick

/ (ˈfɪdəlˌstɪk) /

noun

informal a violin bow

any meaningless or inconsequential thing; trifle

fiddlesticks! an expression of annoyance or disagreement

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