Meaning
8 sensesOne who plays the fiddle.
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a musician who plays the violin
One who fiddles; a cheat.
One who fiddles or tweaks.
A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle.
The common European sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos); so called because it habitually wags its tail up and down resembling the back and forth movement of a fiddler.
A large species of cicada, Macrotristria angularis, of eastern Australia; cherry nose.
(slang)The capstan-house on a steamer.
(UK, obsolete, slang)A coin of little value: a sixpence or a farthing.
Examples
10 sentencesThey that dance must pay the fiddler.
Tom isn't a fiddler.
He's as drunk as a fiddler.
deEr ist stockbetrunken.
The fiddler added a gentle trill to spice up the melody.
Tom is a fiddler.
deTom ist ein Fiedler.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English fithelere, from Old English fiþelere, from *fiþele. By surface analysiFrom Middle English fithelere, from Old English fiþelere, from *fiþele. By surface analysis, fiddl(e) + -er.
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