fiddlestick

fid·dle·stick

[fid-l-stik]
noun
anything; a bit: I don't care a fiddlestick for what they say.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English fidillstyk. See fiddle, stick1

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fiddlestick (ˈfɪdəlˌstɪk) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  informal a violin bow
2.  any meaningless or inconsequential thing; trifle
3.  fiddlesticks! an expression of annoyance or disagreement

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Fiddlestick is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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