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单词 fiddler
释义

fiddler

/ˈfɪdlə /
noun
1 informal A person who plays the violin, especially one who plays folk music.I have a recording of a very attractive violin concerto with fiddler Louis Kaufman and Bernard Herrmann conducting....
  • All young whistlers, flautists, fiddlers and other musicians are invited to play a few tunes in what should be an informal and uncompetitive setting.
  • The next week they toured Europe with a Bartok third quartet that had virtuoso fiddlers agape with admiration.
2British informal A person who cheats or swindles, especially one indulging in petty theft.A dole fiddler uses benefit fraud to finance her passion for buying shoes....
  • What a fiddler Keith is - he thinks he won't be caught but Keith is gonna end up in court.

Origin

Old English fithelere, from fithele (see fiddle).

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