fiddlestick
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fiddlestick
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From Middle English fydylstyk, ffidillstyke; equivalent to fiddle + stick.
noun fiddlesticks
- One of a pair of sticks, similar to drumsticks, used by a second player to percuss the strings of a fiddle while the main player plays via bow.
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A bow used to play the fiddle.
Similar: fiddlebow
- A whit; a jot. I don't care a fiddlestick!
interjection
- Dated form of fiddlesticks "A—a most distinguished visitor has just arrived." "Distinguished fiddlestick!" said Aunt Letty. "There hasn't been a ring at the bell for the last hour."
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