fiddlesticks

[ fid-l-stiks ]

/ ˈfɪd lˌstɪks /

(used to express impatience, dismissal, etc.)

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fiddlestick

[ fid-l-stik ]

/ ˈfɪd lˌstɪk /

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

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

And thus he will make but bad music who hath the instruments and fiddlesticks, but none of the "resin" of Latimer.'

The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims |Andrew Steinmetz
To this his wife remarked, "Fiddlesticks," and began to feed Pershing from a nursing bottle.

The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon |Richard Connell
Aunt Bell looked bored and uttered a swift, low phrase that might have been "Fiddlesticks!"

The Seeker |Harry Leon Wilson
Fiddlesticks about harm; what harm can come to her, I should like to know?

The Argosy |Various

"Fiddlesticks, Alec," was his polite remark to his brother when he asked him not to get up.

In Quest of Gold |Alfred St. Johnston

fiddlestick

/ (ˈfɪdəlˌstɪk) /

informal a violin bow

any meaningless or inconsequential thing; trifle

fiddlesticks! an expression of annoyance or disagreement