fiddlesticks

[ fid-l-stiks ]

/ ˈfɪd lˌstɪks /

(used to express impatience, dismissal, etc.)

QUIZZES

It’d be a real faux pas to miss this quiz on the words from August 3–9, 2020!

Question 1 of 7

What does “vacillate” mean?

And thus he will make but bad music who hath the instruments and fiddlesticks, but none of the "resin" of Latimer.'
The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims|Andrew Steinmetz
To this his wife remarked, "Fiddlesticks," and began to feed Pershing from a nursing bottle.
The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon|Richard Connell
Aunt Bell looked bored and uttered a swift, low phrase that might have been "Fiddlesticks!"
The Seeker|Harry Leon Wilson
Fiddlesticks about harm; what harm can come to her, I should like to know?
The Argosy|Various

"Fiddlesticks, Alec," was his polite remark to his brother when he asked him not to get up.
In Quest of Gold|Alfred St. Johnston