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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While others had fiddled with high-deadrise designs, Hunt perfected the form.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Germany, Yehudi Menuhin had fiddled for an all Allied audience, and for an all German one.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gregory fidgeted; a bystander, he said, had fiddled with the plane's gasoline tank cap, but "there was nothing to worry about, I probably only lost two or three gallons."
From Time Magazine Archive
They had fiddled and fussed, explained and complained.
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
