fiddle
noun
a musical instrument of the viol family.
had fiddled
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past perfectof fiddle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The President gazed vaguely at his 80-year-old uncle, John Wilder, singing lustily in the chorus in spite of the fact that he had fiddled for dancers far into the night before.
From Time Magazine Archive
Statistician Roger Babson who had declared that Congress had fiddled like Nero while the stock-market broke, who had urged it to "stop bickering, adjourn and stay adjourned," was loudly denounced by Senator Borah.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had fiddled on the fringes of Hollywood, helping to write Stanley Kubrick's The Killing and Paths of Glory, but found no steady work.
From Time Magazine Archive
While others had fiddled with high-deadrise designs, Hunt perfected the form.
From Time Magazine Archive
The club’s camera didn’t work properly since so many students had fiddled with it over the years.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
