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| fid·dle-fad·dle [ fídd'l fàdd'l ] |
noun |
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nonsense: nonsense or trifling matters
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informal
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interjection |
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nonsense: used to express the view that something is nonsense
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dated informal
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intransitive verb (past and past participle fid·dle-fad·dled, present participle fid·dle-fad·dling, 3rd person present singular fid·dle-fad·dles) |
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waste time: to waste time with unimportant matters
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informal
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| [Late 16th century. <fiddle + faddle "nonsense"] |
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  fid·dle-fad·dler noun |
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