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Fiddle-_____ (nonsense)
Answer for the clue "Fiddle-_____ (nonsense) ", 6 letters:
faddle
Word definitions for faddle in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 To trifle; to toy. 2 (context UK dialect English) To fondle; to dandle.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Faddle \Fad"dle\, v. i. [Cf. Fiddle , Fiddle-faddle .] To trifle; to toy. -- v. t. To fondle; to dandle. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to make much of a child," 1680s. Related: Faddled ; faddling .
Usage examples of faddle.
I had five boxes of Fiddle Faddle, two bags of Double-Stuff Oreo cookies, a ten-pack of Snickers bars, two bags of Fritos and one of Doritos, seven Gogurts in a variety of flavors, one bag of Chips Ahoy chocolate chip cookies, a box of Count Chocula, a two-pound bag of Skittles, and a six-pack of Yoo-Hoo locked in my room.
Is that reason to use time all up with fiddling and faddling until, oh, sorry, suddenly unexpected event takes place and time is all gone and you die?
Someone had fiddled when he should have faddled, and a nuclear weapon had gone off .