fiddlestick

[ fid-l-stik ]

/ ˈfɪd lˌstɪk /

anything; a bit: I don't care a fiddlestick for what they say.

Origin of fiddlestick

First recorded in 1400–50, fiddlestick is from the late Middle English word fidillstyk. See fiddle, stick¹

It is Folker's long broadsword that the poet, with a grim kind of merriment, calls his fiddlestick.

The Nibelungenlied |Unknown
Fiddlestick, and why did you not get this nonsense knocked out of your head when you were in the wars?

The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. |W. M. Thackeray
His ears are perpetually drilling with a fiddlestick, and endures pleasures with less patience than other men do their pains.'

The Wits and Beaux of Society |Grace Wharton and Philip Wharton
Truly the "fiddlestick" is a magic wand in more senses than one.

The Bow, Its History, Manufacture and Use |Henry Saint-George

If you've all the tense strings you may take life for your fiddlestick.

The Tragic Muse |Henry James

fiddlestick

/ (ˈfɪdəlˌstɪk) /

informal a violin bow

any meaningless or inconsequential thing; trifle

fiddlesticks! an expression of annoyance or disagreement