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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Why, sir," answered the Tinker, shaking his head a little sadly, "I don't know aught about music, d'ye see—" "Fiddlestick, man!
From Peregrine's Progress by Farnol, Jeffery
Fiddlestick, Fiddlestring, Thimble, Needle, Gunpowder, Hope, O, and O—and Oh, and twenty-eight or thirty explanations of the particle on, are left without remark to the reader's penetration.
From Deformities of Samuel Johnson, Selected from his Works by Anonymous
Mr. Fiddlestick: The death to be presumed from the 18th of December.
From Mr. Meeson's Will by Haggard, Henry Rider
"Fiddlestick on his genius!" said old Mr. Nutcracker; "what does he DO?"
From Queer Little Folks by Stowe, Harriet Beecher
The President: Well—the amount of the property has got nothing to do with the principles on which the Court acts with regard to the presumption of death, Mr. Fiddlestick.
From Mr. Meeson's Will by Haggard, Henry Rider
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