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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Oh, fiddlesticks, Dollyrinda!" said Dotty, "it's not charity.
From Two Little Women on a Holiday by Carolyn Wells
I mean the prairies,—yes, even the desert,—the limitless expanse of—" "Limitless fiddlesticks!
From Patty and Azalea by Carolyn Wells
"Holds fiddlesticks," said Mrs. Stuvic, with a sniff.
From A Yankee from the West A Novel by Opie Percival Read
"Fire and fiddlesticks, sir! do you take me for a fool?"
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870 by Various
She had a funny little suspicion that the ministry did at times greatly prefer his absence to his presence: and that "change of fiddlesticks" was really their underlying motive.
From King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties by Laurence Housman
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