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

There was as little of "recognition of the claims of literature" in either case, as there was praise of fiddlesticks or Carolina potatoes.

From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various

Oh, fiddlesticks, Dollyrinda!" said Dotty, "it's not charity.

From Two Little Women on a Holiday by Wells, Carolyn

Well, sir, that pig just nat’erly gorged itself and directly it was tipsy as fiddlesticks.

From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine

"Finer fiddlesticks," said Winter, cutting the end off a fresh Havana.

From The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley by Tracy, Louis

I don't think the mercantile business is my forte, father," said I. "Your fort!" replied the old gentleman; "fiddlesticks!

From The Blunders of a Bashful Man by Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller