fiddlestick

[ fid-l-stik ]

/ ˈfɪd lˌstɪk /

noun

anything; a bit: I don't care a fiddlestick for what they say.

Origin of fiddlestick

First recorded in 1400–50, fiddlestick is from the late Middle English word fidillstyk.See fiddle, stick¹

Words nearby fiddlestick

fiddle pattern, fiddler, fiddler beetle, fiddler crab, fiddlerfish, fiddlestick, fiddlesticks, fiddle while Rome burns, fiddlewood, fiddling, fiddly

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Example sentences from the Web for fiddlestick

It is Folker's long broadsword that the poet, with a grim kind of merriment, calls his fiddlestick.
The Nibelungenlied|Unknown
Fiddlestick, and why did you not get this nonsense knocked out of your head when you were in the wars?
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.|W. M. Thackeray
His ears are perpetually drilling with a fiddlestick, and endures pleasures with less patience than other men do their pains.'
The Wits and Beaux of Society|Grace Wharton and Philip Wharton
Truly the "fiddlestick" is a magic wand in more senses than one.
The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use|Henry Saint-George

If you've all the tense strings you may take life for your fiddlestick.
The Tragic Muse|Henry James

British Dictionary definitions for fiddlestick

fiddlestick

/ (ˈfɪdəlˌstɪk) /

noun

informal a violin bow

any meaningless or inconsequential thing; trifle

fiddlesticks! an expression of annoyance or disagreement

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	fiddlestick
释义	fiddlestick [ fid-l-stik ] / ˈfɪd lˌstɪk / noun anything; a bit: I don't care a fiddlestick for what they say. Origin of fiddlestick First recorded in 1400–50, fiddlestick is from the late Middle English word fidillstyk.See fiddle, stick¹ Words nearby fiddlestick fiddle pattern, fiddler, fiddler beetle, fiddler crab, fiddlerfish, fiddlestick, fiddlesticks, fiddle while Rome burns, fiddlewood, fiddling, fiddly Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fiddlestick It is Folker's long broadsword that the poet, with a grim kind of merriment, calls his fiddlestick. The Nibelungenlied\|Unknown Fiddlestick, and why did you not get this nonsense knocked out of your head when you were in the wars? The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.\|W. M. Thackeray His ears are perpetually drilling with a fiddlestick, and endures pleasures with less patience than other men do their pains.' The Wits and Beaux of Society\|Grace Wharton and Philip Wharton Truly the "fiddlestick" is a magic wand in more senses than one. The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use\|Henry Saint-George If you've all the tense strings you may take life for your fiddlestick. The Tragic Muse\|Henry James British Dictionary definitions for fiddlestick fiddlestick / (ˈfɪdəlˌstɪk) / noun informal a violin bow any meaningless or inconsequential thing; trifle fiddlesticks! an expression of annoyance or disagreement Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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