fiddler's
Bow-wielding musician's
Fiddler's is the possessive form of fiddler, a person who plays the fiddle.
It appears in compound expressions: fiddler's elbow describes soreness from repetitive motion, while fiddler's green is sailors' folklore for a paradise of music and drink awaiting those who die at sea.
Respectful forward inclination
- stringsThin flexible lines
- jigSpirited folk dance
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- tuneMusical sequence of notes
rosin · elbow · greenroom · session · hornpipe · breakdown · lilt · bridge
bow
Respectful forward inclination
tune · rosin · elbow · greenroom · session · hornpipe · breakdown · lilt · bridge · chin rest
crab
Pincer-bearing shellfish
mangrove · mudflat · male · pincer · crustacean · estuary · tidal · waving · mating display · carapace
trickster
Cunning deceiver in myth
- swindlerPerson who deceives for money
- cheatAct dishonestly to win
- con artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
grift · fraud · scheme · hustle · deception · scam · dupe · charlatan · grifter · flimflam
- Fiddler on the RoofBroadway show about tradition
- fiddler crabCrab with one oversized claw
- paying the fiddlerAccepting due repercussions
- pay the fiddlerface the music