fiddlesticks

[ fid-l-stiks ]

interjection

1. (used to express impatience, dismissal, etc.)

Word History and Origins

Origin of fiddlesticks¹

First recorded in 1600–10; plural of fiddlestick or shortening of fiddlestick’s end (i.e., fiddlesticks end at a point, which is nothing)

Example Sentences

As this bordered on sentiment, abhorred of realism, Severne muttered something that sounded like "fiddlesticks."

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"Thought-transference, Fiddlesticks," we may hear him cry, in imagination.

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"Fiddlesticks," and the colonel stepped out on the platform and down the steps.

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To this his wife remarked, "Fiddlesticks," and began to feed Pershing from a nursing bottle.

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“It is your Auntie fiddlesticks, Jimmy,” said I hastily, hoping my color was not heightened.

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