Now I gotta wait for the next one - fiddlesticks. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi] Reference
“All these are foolish illusions ... fiddlesticks!”. From Wordnik.com. [Creatures That Once Were Men, and other stories] Reference
"Fire and fiddlesticks, sir! do you take me for a fool?". From Wordnik.com. [Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870] Reference
"Fulness of de fiddlesticks!" said Candace, irreverently. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859] Reference
"Palmy fiddlesticks!" laughingly chimed in one of the group. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
So, Iain, are you saying the crime of perjury is fiddlesticks ?. From Wordnik.com. [It's About That Old Fashioned Thing Called Shame] Reference
And did Greg say fiddlesticks after his steed was absconded with. From Wordnik.com. [Yoink! Another Fixed-Gear Vanished] Reference
Your pure mind is going as dry as fiddlesticks, from what I see of it. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Chatterley's Lover] Reference
Well — fiddlesticks would be her quick answer to that, thought Audley. From Wordnik.com. [War Game]
"Candle fiddlesticks!" exclaimed Alice, who could be very outspoken at times. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm or, Queer Happenings While Taking Rural Plays] Reference
The lovers were fiddlesticks, he thought, collecting it all in his mind again. From Wordnik.com. [To the Lighthouse] Reference
“Water-fiddlesticks, my dear!” said the professor; and he turned away sharply. From Wordnik.com. [The Water Babies] Reference
"Studying fiddlesticks!" cried his neighbour; "what business have you in my fields?". From Wordnik.com. [Comical People] Reference
"Sacred day, fiddlesticks!" she replied, laughing at his grave face and solemn manner. From Wordnik.com. [Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes] Reference
The rest of it was fiddlesticks and moonshine, until you could put a name to her bones. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
I have no idea why, but the paisley shawl from fiddlesticks is what really stood out to me. From Wordnik.com. [Dreaming] Reference
"Consult your fiddlesticks," replied she, quickly. From Wordnik.com. [The Privateer's-Man One hundred Years Ago] Reference
"Child of the fiddlesticks!" interrupted Endicott. From Wordnik.com. [Lo, Michael!] Reference
"Poor fiddlesticks!" said Mr. Wilcox, joining them. From Wordnik.com. [Howards End] Reference
You win eight shillings? you win eight fiddlesticks. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal to Stella] Reference
"Judgment of the fiddlesticks!" her husband growled. From Wordnik.com. [The Vanished Messenger] Reference
"Of the sun! his fiddlesticks 'ends," retorted Hanky. From Wordnik.com. [Erewhon Revisited] Reference
"Miss Grayle's fiddlesticks!" shrilled the old woman. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Latchkey] Reference
"Distressed fiddlesticks!" was her only other comment. From Wordnik.com. [The Damnation of Theron Ware] Reference
"Consider the fiddlesticks!" the student cried angrily. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain of the Polestar] Reference
"True fiddlesticks!" replied Lady Margaret with spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 147, August 12, 1914] Reference
"Unromantic fiddlesticks!" said the unsympathetic Marilla. From Wordnik.com. [Anne of Green Gables] Reference
“Oh, fiddlesticks!” cried the bear, real impolite-like. From Wordnik.com. [Bully and Bawly No-Tail] Reference
To those who say there was no alternative, I say fiddlesticks. From Wordnik.com. [John Redwood] Reference
Made-up stuff is usually more interesting -- fiddlesticks to accuracy. From Wordnik.com. [TEAMtalk Football News] Reference
"Finer fiddlesticks," said Winter, cutting the end off a fresh Havana. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley] Reference
"Drunk fiddlesticks!" said Marilla, marching to the sitting room pantry. From Wordnik.com. [Anne of Green Gables] Reference
"Feast of fiddlesticks, Mr. Clutterbuck! did ever man talk such nonsense?". From Wordnik.com. [Pelham — Complete] Reference
"Water-fiddlesticks, my dear!" said the professor; and he turned away sharply. From Wordnik.com. [The Water-Babies] Reference
"Promote fiddlesticks!" said Marilla, who honestly thought it was all nonsense. From Wordnik.com. [Anne of Green Gables] Reference
"Tenpence the fiddlesticks!" said Mrs Clere, pushing the piece of worsted to one side. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Daughters] Reference
"Internal injuries!" laughed the King; "infernal fiddlesticks, I have heard that tune before!". From Wordnik.com. [The Iceberg Express] Reference
I know well enough you'd say 'fiddlesticks' or. From Wordnik.com. [Ester Ried] Reference
"'Weak heart,' says she, 'weak heart; weak fiddlesticks!. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind in the rose-bush and other stories of the supernatural] Reference
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