He took out his fiddle from a highly polished box.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Girl from the Marsh Croft] Reference

The word fiddle didn't always have this folksy connotation.    From Wordnik.com.  [ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds] Reference

But I guess playing political second fiddle is humiliating enough.    From Wordnik.com.  [Print - Geena Davis is the Commander-in-Chief | PopPolitics.com] Reference

With the Joker playing main fiddle, the villains could be endless.    From Wordnik.com.  [Contest: Where Could The Dark Knight Go Next? « FirstShowing.net] Reference

It was well enough when I was at the head, but now second fiddle is slow.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.] Reference

"I want to buy a violin," he began, knowing that in polite musical circles the word fiddle was taboo.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Drums of Jeopardy] Reference

Dorothy brought out her "fiddle" -- the magnificent Stradivarius, formerly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Skylark Three] Reference

Well, my fiddle was my daddys till the day he died.    From Wordnik.com.  [Old Haunt] Reference

Her fiddle was her only comfort in the lonely hours.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rose O'Paradise] Reference

I suppose the older the fiddle is the better it gets? '.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thyrza] Reference

The strain upon a fiddle is a thing too little thought upon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aunt Rachel] Reference

After this the soutar never called his fiddle his auld wife.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robert Falconer] Reference

I read his letters and also play a bit of fiddle, which is fun.    From Wordnik.com.  [SFist] Reference

The fiddle is the thing; -- yis, the fiddle is sartinly the thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's And Other Stories] Reference

And this was simply because the fiddle was the mother of all musical instruments.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jewish Children] Reference

If he comes back with the rest of the hundred dollars in a month, the fiddle is his.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Janice Day Won] Reference

He gave me to understand that the fiddle was the best and most beautiful of all instruments.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jewish Children] Reference

The lyrics are below, though in recent times it is primarily known as a fiddle instrumental.    From Wordnik.com.  [Turkey In The Straw] Reference

But the fiddle is a jealous instrument, and will not allow itself to be anyone's second instrument.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference

The percentage of people who "fiddle" are not high.    From Wordnik.com.  [Benefits to be hit -what about the big earners Mr Brown] Reference

On opening the express-package a very worthless "fiddle" was revealed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885] Reference

MP's are human beings and human beings "fiddle" their expenses if they can get away with it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can I expense that?] Reference

For what has a man of that sort to occupy his time beyond what one would call fiddle-faddle?.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Girl in Ten Thousand] Reference

I love the word fiddle used in that context.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pioneer Woman - Full RSS Feed] Reference

Burns's "fiddle," greatly to the amusement of the others.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rival Campers Ashore The Mystery of the Mill] Reference

"The fiddle is a recrehation, and was gi'en us for that end.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aunt Rachel] Reference

What keeps popping into the brain box is the worrd 'fiddle'.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Blogs] Reference

Russians braced for ruling elite to 'fiddle' parliamentary election.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

Wes...that is what happens when you 'fiddle' w/ the computer at 4:40 in the am.    From Wordnik.com.  [BSNYC Friday Fun Quiz!] Reference

It enables you to inspect, set breakpoints and 'fiddle' with both in and outbound data.    From Wordnik.com.  [doggdot.us] Reference

The fiddle is his favorite, and with it he plays.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Stargazing | Lady Gaga fights back, Oprah to testify] Reference

While academies fiddle, she. says, "we knew what worked.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Magnetic Tube] Reference

Naturally, no one is going to fiddle while his or her lifestyle burns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Retire Early? Think Again.] Reference

Never mind that Fierstein sings like he has a fiddle stuck in his throat.    From Wordnik.com.  [NEWSMAKERS] Reference

Of course, the Tony folk have been known to fiddle with their precious categories.    From Wordnik.com.  [Broadway: And The Winner Is...No One?] Reference

In private, he's been known to accompany her singing by playing a Chinese fiddle, or erhu.    From Wordnik.com.  [SUBTLE POWER STRUGGLE] Reference

(There's a small group that loves to fiddle with their 401 (k) s, but it's barely visible.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Building a Better 401 (k)] Reference