Definition of Fiddlesticks

1. Interjection. Nonsense! Expresses disbelief or disdain. ¹

2. Interjection. Expresses mild dismay or annoyance. ¹

3. Noun. (plural of fiddlestick) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fiddlesticks

1. fiddlestick [n] - See also: fiddlestick

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fiddlesticks

fiddlehead
fiddlehead fern
fiddleheads
fiddleleaf
fiddleleafs
fiddleneck
fiddler
fiddler crab
fiddler crabs
fiddlers
fiddles
fiddles with
fiddlestick
fiddlesticks (current term)
fiddlestring
fiddlestrings
fiddlewood
fiddlewoods
fiddley
fiddleys
fiddlier
fiddliest
fiddliness
fiddling
fiddling with
fiddlings
fiddly
fiddy

Literary usage of Fiddlesticks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nursery Stud Thoroughbreds: Property of August Belmont, Lexington, Kentucky by August Belmont (1897)
"1893. blk. f., Floretta IV., by Civil Service or »fiddlesticks. 1894. Missed. ... Rayon d'Or. 1897. ch. c., by fiddlesticks. 1898. by Top Gallant. ..."

2. The Village Notary: A Romance of Hungarian Life by József Eötvös (1850)
"fiddlesticks I it's nothing ad rem, I teU you ! ... Oh, fiddlesticks! eh?" cried the assessor, striking the table with his fist, "when I say — eh, ..."

3. Tales of the Scottish Peasantry by Alexander Bethune, John Bethune (1884)
"To return from this digression, the fiddlesticks bank was supposed to have ... He accordingly bought shares of the fiddlesticks bank with the whole of Mrs. ..."

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