fiddlestick

noun, intj — 4 senses

fiddlestick

noun

Etymology From Middle English fydylstyk, ffidillstyke; equivalent to fiddle + stick.

1

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.

2

A bow used to play the fiddle.

3

A whit; a jot.

I don't care a fiddlestick!

fiddlestick

intj

Etymology From Middle English fydylstyk, ffidillstyke; equivalent to fiddle + stick.

1

Dated Dated form of fiddlesticks.

"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, →OCLC:

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