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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As this bordered on sentiment, abhorred of realism, Severne muttered something that sounded like "fiddlesticks."
From Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life by Stewart Edward White
"Oh, the gardener!" he said as one would say "Oh, fiddlesticks!"
From The Coast of Chance by Clarence F. Underwood
Nothing; the end of the ancient fiddlesticks ending in a point; hence metaphorically used to express a thing terminating in nothing.
From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
"A hundred and twenty fiddlesticks," the major said.
From The Curse of Carne's Hold A Tale of Adventure by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
We must also remember that the word "fiddlesticks" is still applied to anything that is beneath contempt in its utter lack of importance.
From The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use 'The Strad' Library, No. III. by Henry Saint-George
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