fiddlestick
Americannoun
noun
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informal a violin bow
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any meaningless or inconsequential thing; trifle
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an expression of annoyance or disagreement
Etymology
Origin of fiddlestick
First recorded in 1400–50, fiddlestick is from the late Middle English word fidillstyk. See fiddle, stick 1
Vocabulary lists containing fiddlestick
Example Sentences
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Like all things of real value, it is very simple; it is based on the same principle as that of the locusts; there is the toothed fiddlestick and the vibrating tympanum.
From Social Life in the Insect World by Miall, Bernard
Didn't she, rather, do you the honor to say, 'A fiddlestick for your phrases!
From The American by James, Henry
His arms seemed to keep his fiddlestick in motion without the least sympathy from their master.
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt
In his hands he clutched a fiddle and fiddlestick.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various
And this was the first time George Esmond Warrington, Esquire, was ever called a fiddlestick.
From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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