fiddlestick
String instrument accessory
A fiddlestick is the bow used to play a fiddle.
The word survives mainly in the exclamation fiddlesticks! —an old-fashioned, mild oath expressing impatience or dismissing something as nonsense: Fiddlesticks, that's not how it happened at all.
dismissive
Meaningless words or actions
- pshawInterjection expressing contempt
- balderdashSenseless talk or writing
- hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
- poppycockFoolish or meaningless talk
bunk · drivel · tommyrot · codswallop · malarkey · claptrap · humbug · baloney
nonsense
Meaningless words or actions
- pshawInterjection expressing contempt
- balderdashSenseless talk or writing
- hogwashFoolish or untrue talk
poppycock · bunk · drivel · tommyrot · codswallop · malarkey · claptrap · humbug · baloney · twaddle
horsehair
Strands from manes, tails
- rosinSolidified conifer sap
- brazilwoodRed dye-yielding tropical timber
- frogTailless leaping amphibian
camber · grip · tension · octagonal · round · screw · balance · tip · winding · rehair
archaic
Belonging to earlier times
- obsoleteNo longer in use
- outmodedNo longer in fashion
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
dated · quaint · bygone · fusty · musty · vintage · old-time · old-world · Victorian · euphemism