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fiddle-faddle

[fid-l-fad-l] / ˈfɪd lˌfæd l /


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Huston soon puts a stop to this sort of fiddle-faddle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Vocalist Waters and a gifted arrangement turn a ballad hitherto sung as funny fiddle-faddle into a tragic folk tale, with much the same quality found in Artist Thomas Benton's garish Frankie & Johnnie mural.

From Time Magazine Archive

Beyond that, the system is mired in bureaucratic inertia and fiddle-faddle.

From Time Magazine Archive

“I’ll bet you my whole store it’s a matter of time before everyone starts buying cheap fiddle-faddle from SmartMart rather than paying a little more for something from their own neighbors.”

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

A view of the duchess's ball-room, or of the dining-table of the earl, will supersede all occasion for lengthy fiddle-faddle.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 by Various




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