Fiddler
Famous musical, shortened
A fiddler is someone who plays the fiddle—a violin, especially in folk, country, or traditional music contexts.
The term suggests informal or vernacular playing rather than classical training: a fiddler at the square dance.
A fiddler crab has one oversized claw held like a fiddle.
Figuratively, a fiddler is someone who tinkers or wastes time: He's just a fiddler who never finishes anything.
Hobbyist who adjusts mechanisms
- adjusterOne who calibrates
- tweakerMethamphetamine abuser
- meddlerOne who interferes uninvited
- tampererOne who interferes illicitly
fixer · putterer · dabbler · modifier · manipulator · hobbyist · experimenter · makeshift
One who bows strings
- folk musicianTraditional song performer
- string playerOne who bows strings
- buskerPublic-space entertainer seeking donations
- jigSpirited folk dance
reel · hoedown · Cajun · bluegrass · bow · rosin · tune · session
Pincer-bearing shellfish
- crustaceanAquatic arthropod with exoskeleton
- burrowAnimal's dug dwelling
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
claw · carapace · tidal flat · mangrove · brackish · mudflat · waving · mating display
tinkerer
Hobbyist who adjusts mechanisms
tamperer · fixer · putterer · dabbler · modifier · manipulator · hobbyist · experimenter · makeshift · improviser
violinist
One who bows strings
- folk musicianTraditional song performer
- string playerOne who bows strings
- buskerPublic-space entertainer seeking donations
jig · reel · hoedown · Cajun · bluegrass · bow · rosin · tune · session · ceilidh
crab
Pincer-bearing shellfish
- crustaceanAquatic arthropod with exoskeleton
- burrowAnimal's dug dwelling
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
estuary · claw · carapace · tidal flat · mangrove · brackish · mudflat · waving · mating display · intertidal
Sholem Aleichem
Tevye's literary creator
- TraditionCodified inherited beliefs
- shtetlHistoric Jewish village
- BroadwayManhattan theatrical district
musical · milkman · Jewish · pogrom · matchmaker · Chagall · Yiddish · roof · sunrise sunset
- dev toolslinter, compilers, Git, debuggers, IDEs
- Eastern European Jewsshtetl, shtetls, Yiddish, Pale of Settlement, Ashkenazi
- AshkenaziYiddish, shtetl, klezmer, gefilte fish, challah
- Musical CharactersElphaba, Jean Valjean, Javert, Cosette, Fantine
- Jewish CharactersAbraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, David
- developer toolsIDE, debugger, compiler, analyzer, text editor
- fiddle withAdjust idly or nervously
- fiddling aroundIdle, unfocused activity
- fit as a fiddleIn excellent physical condition
- second fiddleSubordinate position or role
- play second fiddleOccupy secondary rank
- fiddled aroundSpent time unproductively