fiddlesticks

American  

[fid-l-stiks] / ˈfɪd lˌstɪks /

interjection

1. (used to express impatience, dismissal, etc.)

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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

It's all fiddlesticks about not leaving her mother!

From Hilda Lessways by Bennett, Arnold

Labor of love, fiddlesticks," said the deacon; "Labor of foolishness.

From That Printer of Udell's by Wright, Harold Bell

I think she was rather affected by my offer; and as an honourable man——" "Honourable fiddlesticks, Johann!

From The Man Without a Memory by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)

Cut out of me one fiddle, And for each one, fiddlesticks two.

From Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations by Robinson, Therese Albertine Louise von Jacob

That was all fiddlesticks, 'cause Cap'n Az never went to church except for the six weeks after he was married, and pretty scattern' 'long the last three of them.

From Fair Harbor by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby