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fiddle-faddle
[ fid-l-fad-l ]
verb (used without object)
- to fuss with trifles.
interjection
- (used to express irritation, impatience, etc.)
fiddle-faddle
/ ˈɪəˌæə /
noun
- trivial matter; nonsense
verb
- intr to fuss or waste time, esp over trivial matters
Derived Forms
- ˈھ-ˌڲ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ھd-ڲd noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fiddle-faddle1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fiddle-faddle1
Example Sentences
“I’ll bet you my whole store it’s a matter of time before everyone starts buying cheap fiddle-faddle from SmartMart rather than paying a little more for something from their own neighbors.”
The music shifts between passages of slippery, out-of-focus tonal harmonies and episodes of rustic dance, like tart, fractured fiddle-faddle.
Another is a restless outburst of modernistic fiddle-faddle.
He said one day to me, "Why don't you give up your fiddle-faddle of geology and zoology, and turn to the occult sciences?"
I should like to know what we have in common with that little fiddle-faddle Dresden china clock and shepherdesses upon the mantel-piece!
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