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fiddler

[fid-ler] Origin

fid·dler

[fid-ler]
noun
1.
a person who plays a fiddle.
2.
a person who dawdles or trifles.

Origin:
before 1100; Middle English, Old English fithelere; cognate with Dutch vedelaar, German Fiedler. See fiddle, -er1
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Fiddler is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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fiddler (ˈfɪdlə)
 
n
1.  a person who plays the fiddle, esp in folk music
2.  See fiddler crab
3.  a person who wastes time or acts aimlessly
4.  informal a cheat or petty rogue

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Word Origin & History

fiddler
O.E. fiðelere (see fiddle). Fiddler's Green first recorded 1825, from sailors' slang. Fiddler crab is from 1714.
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