fiddlestick
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English fydylstyk, ffidillstyke; equivalent to fiddle + stick.
Noun
[edit]fiddlestick (plural fiddlesticks)
- One of a pair of sticks, similar to drumsticks, used by a second player to percuss the strings of a fiddle while the main player plays via bow.
- A bow used to play the fiddle.
- Synonym: fiddlebow
- A whit; a jot.
- I don't care a fiddlestick!
Interjection
[edit]fiddlestick
- Dated form of fiddlesticks.
- 1955, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew, London: The Bodley Head, →OCLC:
- "A—a most distinguished visitor has just arrived."
"Distinguished fiddlestick!" said Aunt Letty. "There hasn't been a ring at the bell for the last hour."