FIDDLE-FADDLE

PRONUNCIATION: (FID-uhl-fad-uhl)

MEANING: noun: Nonsense.
verb intr.: To trifle.

ETYMOLOGY: Reduplication of fiddle, from Old English fithele, of obscure origin. Earliest documented use: 1577.
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FIDDLE-ADDLE - when the Concertmaster who lives upstairs drives you crazy with incessant practicing

FIDDLE-PADDLE - what the string player had to do when up the creek with no other means of propulsion

PIDDLE-FADDLE - the reason many players use a folded diaper between the violin and their clavicle, especially if the instrument has a liquid tone