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Definition of Fiddle-faddle

1. Noun. Trivial nonsense.

Definition of Fiddle-faddle

1. Noun. nonsense ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fiddle-faddle

Literary usage of Fiddle-faddle

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

1. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1852)
"fiddle-faddle," my father uttered peevishly, at the conclusion of breakfast. It is an expression I have heard from his lips any time since I was first ..."

2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"To fiddle is to waste time in playing on the fiddle, and hence fiddle means a trifle, and fiddle-faddle is silly trifle or silly nonsense. ..."

3. The Gaelic Etymology of the Languages of Western Europe and More Especially by Charles Mackay (1877)
"She said that her grandfather had a horse shot at Edgehill, and that their uncle was at the siege of Buda, with other fiddle-faddle of the same nature. ..."

4. The Harp of Perthshire: A Collection of Songs, Ballads, and Other Poetical by Robert Ford (1893)
"We'll gather honey from each flower, Fim-fam, fiddle-faddle, fum, fizz ! ... They hadna been lang beneath the tree, Fim-fam, fiddle-faddle, fum, fizz ! ..."

5. The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal (1862)
"Besides, why object to show what is only fiddle faddle 1" little . I will see how she will "You ... I like fiddle faddle. I like gossip ; but no matter. ..."

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