fiddlesticks

/ˈfɪdl̩.stɪks/

FꞮDL̩ · stɪks (2 syllables)

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Definition

Nonsense! Expresses dismissal or disdain.

Circa 1600, England. From fiddlestick, from the late Middle English fidillstyk (“violin bow”).

"Fiddlesticks! It's nothing but smoke and mirrors!"
"Golden pleasures! golden fiddlesticks!—What d'ye tell me of your canting stuff?"
""Taken the veil—taken fiddlesticks!" said the old man, merrily; "why she lives near Lincoln, is married to a substantial man, the junior partner of one of the wealthiest bankers in the county […]"