fiddlesticks.
Nonsense! Expresses dismissal or disdain.
Meaning & usage
Nonsense! Expresses dismissal or disdain.
Fiddlesticks! It's nothing but smoke and mirrors!
Darn! Expresses mild dismay or annoyance.
Oh, fiddlesticks! I locked my keys in the car.
Where this word comes from
Circa 1600, England. From fiddlestick, from the late Middle English fidillstyk (“violin bow”).
plural of fiddlestick
Where this word comes from
Circa 1600, England. From fiddlestick, from the late Middle English fidillstyk (“violin bow”).
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