Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- anything; a bit: I don’t care a fiddlestick for what they say.
noun
- informal a violin bow
- any meaningless or inconsequential thing; trifle
- fiddlesticks! an expression of annoyance or disagreement
usually fiddlesticks; 15c., originally “the bow of a fiddle,” from fiddle (n.) and stick (n.). Meaning “nonsense” is from 1620s.