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n. - Bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family. v. - Try to fix or mend; Play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly; Manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination;

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  • He took out his fiddle from a highly polished box.
  • The word fiddle didn't always have this folksy connotation.
  • But I guess playing political second fiddle is humiliating enough.
  • With the Joker playing main fiddle, the villains could be endless.
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