fiddlestick

[ fid-l-stik ]

noun

1. anything; a bit:

   I don't care a fiddlestick for what they say.

fiddlestick

/ ˈfɪdəlˌstɪk /

noun

1. informal.
   a violin bow
2. any meaningless or inconsequential thing; trifle
3. fiddlesticks!
   an expression of annoyance or disagreement

Word History and Origins

Origin of fiddlestick¹

First recorded in 1400–50, fiddlestick is from the late Middle English word fidillstyk. See fiddle, stick ¹

Example Sentences

"To regenerate the fiddlestick!" his opponent answered, with equal heat.

From Project Gutenberg

I declare, said my uncle Toby, smit with pity, I know of none; unless it be the pleasure which it has pleased God—— A fiddlestick! quoth she.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Wadman hit upon the fiddlestick, which summoned up all my uncle Toby’s modest blood into his cheeks—so feeling within himself that he had somehow or other got beyond his depth, he stopt short; and without entering further either into the pains or pleasures of matrimony, he laid his hand upon his heart, and made an offer to take them as they were, and share them along with her.

From Project Gutenberg

Get along out of town, or I'll have all of you, man, woman, child, stick, rag, and fiddlestick, clapt into the whirligig.

From Project Gutenberg

Fiddlestick about being happy with me," said Fra Colonna, "you must not be happy; you must be a man of the world; the grand lesson I impress on the young is be a man of the world.

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