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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Well, sir, that pig just nat’erly gorged itself and directly it was tipsy as fiddlesticks.
From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine
"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)
"Fire and fiddlesticks, sir! do you take me for a fool?"
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870 by Various
Simply to say you're going to make your fortune is all fiddlesticks and folly.
From Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure by Stables, Gordon
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
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