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Definition of Fiddled
1. fiddle [v] - See also: fiddle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fiddled
Literary usage of Fiddled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Treasury of Knowledge and Library Reference by Samuel Maunder (1853)
"NERO fiddled WHILE ROME WAS BURNING. Suetonius relates, that somebody in ...
This atrocious want of feeling occasioned the saying, " Nero fiddled while Rome ..."
2. The Dawn of Radicalism by John Bowles Daly (1892)
"... Address of the Civic Authorities —Lord Mayor Beckford—The Unspoken Speech—”
Nero fiddled while Rome was Burning “—“ Would the Army Fight for Me ? ..."
3. A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1821)
"This contained the words of the song in question ; which I might read as his man
fiddled and sung them. On his return, the following ballad was chanted in ..."
4. History of Middle Tennessee: Or, Life and Times of Gen. James Robertson by Albigence Waldo Putnam (1859)
"He read his Bible, and fiddled; he prayed, and he fiddled ; asked t silent blessing
on his meals, gave thanks, and fiddled; went to meetings, sang the songs ..."
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