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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. examples
A bow used to play the fiddle. examples
A whit; a jot. examples
Dated form of fiddlesticks. quotations examples
"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."
1955, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, The Magician’s Nephew, London: The Bodley Head