Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- interj. Used to express mild annoyance or impatience.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Nonsense! an exclamation used in dismissing a remark as silly or trifling.
Etymologies
Examples
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The mouse is apparently waiting for Dopey to tell Goofy that it's a civil war, describe exactly what a civil war is and why that does not necessarily require Scarlett O'Hara to say fiddle-de-dee oh, that's another right wing owned denial based television corporation, sorry.
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"Raikes!" roars Jack, louder than ever, "fiddle-de-dee, sir! who mentioned that rascal -- you got my note?"
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"It's just a bit of fiddle-de-dee," he informed his delighted family.
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All that stuff about self-protection, an 'struggle for existence, is just fiddle-de-dee in so far's God's concerned.
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If he could trample down all this sentimental fiddle-de-dee, what was the plain English of the case so far as she was concerned?
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` If you'll tell me what language "fiddle-de-dee" is, I'll tell you the French for it! 'she exclaimed triumphantly.
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Hex, little two up in the air, cross and a fiddle-de-dee.
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Don't talk fiddle-de-dee nonsense about your life being wrecked.
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My art flatters nobody by imitation: it courts nobody by smoothness: it tickles nobody by politeness: it is without either fol-de-rol or fiddle-de-dee.
Outdoor Sketching Four Talks Given before the Art Institute of Chicago; The Scammon Lectures, 1914
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These notions of duty, and station, and her fiddle-de-dee betrothal to that Danube osier with Indian-idol eyes, count for so much mist.
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