fiddlesticks
Americaninterjection
Etymology
Origin of fiddlesticks
First recorded in 1600–10; plural of fiddlestick or shortening of fiddlestick’s end (i.e., fiddlesticks end at a point, which is nothing)
Example Sentences
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It's all fiddlesticks about not leaving her mother!
From Hilda Lessways by Bennett, Arnold
"Finer fiddlesticks," said Winter, cutting the end off a fresh Havana.
From The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley by Tracy, Louis
How on the other hand not represent it either—without putting into play mere fiddlesticks?
From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by James, Henry
"A hundred and twenty fiddlesticks," the major said.
From The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
"As for me, I never was able to see how Het could accuse you of bein' jealous of Dick, when—" "Jealous fiddlesticks!"
From Dixie Hart by Harben, Will N. (William Nathaniel)
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