fiddle-de-dee

American  

[fid-l-di-dee] / ˌfɪd l dɪˈdi /

Or fiddlededee,

interjection

1. (used to express irritation, dismissive indifference, or scorn.)

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fiddle-de-dee British  

/ ˌfɪdəldɪˈdiː /

interjection

1. rare an exclamation of impatience, disbelief, or disagreement

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Etymology

Origin of fiddle-de-dee

1775–85; fiddle + -de- (reduplication prefix) + (Tweedle)dee (in obsolete sense “fiddler”)

Example Sentences

Who had taught him sailing, and algebree, The use of the sextant, and navigation, Likewise the hornpipe, and fiddle-de-dee.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 9, 1893 by Various

There were these at Stirhampton, men who were rude and said it was all fiddle-de-dee when Mrs. Fretchett said it was scandalum magnatum--a plain and unmannerly contradiction--and made themselves otherwise unpleasant.

From For the Cause by Weyman, Stanley J.

All that stuff about self-protection, an' struggle for existence, is just fiddle-de-dee in so far's God's concerned.

From The Devil's Garden by Maxwell, W. B.

For duty, duty must be done; The rule applies to every one, And painful though that duty be, To shirk the task were fiddle-de-dee!

From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir

Tush, boy!" murmured my uncle Jervas, lounging gracefully against the balustrade of the terrace again, "Tush and fiddle-de-dee!

From Peregrine's Progress by Farnol, Jeffery