Etymology

fiddlesticks

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Middle English fidillstyk
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  1. Middle English · derived fromfidillstyk“violin bow”
  2. English todayfiddlesticks

Circa 1600, England. From fiddlestick, from the late Middle English fidillstyk (“violin bow”).

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