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fiddler Definition

fid·dler (fidlər)

noun

  1. a person who fiddles
  2. fiddler crab

fiddler Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • feature: Released in 2002, this is the first Battlefield Band to feature teenage fiddler Alasdair White.
  • play: Our old world fiddler played for all age groups too.
  • include: The smaller pictures are close-up details from the main photograph, including the fiddler on the right!
  • travel: The other story involves two traveling fiddlers who arrive in Inverness seeking somwhere to play.

Converse of subject

  • accompany: Two women would scatter herbs before her funeral procession which should be accompanied by a fiddler.
  • lead: Auchmithie wedding parties walked from the village to St Vigeans, led by a fiddler.
  • play: The 1822 collection included the tune " Craigellachie Bridge " ( p. 30 ) which is still often played by fiddlers nowadays.

Adjective modifier

  • blind: But I think I might as well trust to a blind fiddler.
  • Scottish: Stuart has competed in the Glenfiddich Fiddle Championships a major competition for Scottish fiddlers as a result of being invited three times.
  • Irish: A champion Irish fiddler, Mary's playing flows like only an Irish style would allow.
  • English: The pre-Victorian English fiddler played with his fiddle against the chest or shoulder or under either side of the chin.
  • traditional: Or again, traditional fiddlers often hold the bow nearer the middle.
  • American: American fiddlers sometimes use a variant of this which they call the " Georgia Shuffle " .

Preposition: on

  • roof: Without our traditions, our lives would be as shaky as... a fiddler on the roof.

Modifies a noun

  • crab: The burrow was artificially created by poking a stick in the sand to the average depth of a male fiddler crab burrow.
  • extraordinaire: Former Inverness garage owner Brian and fiddler extraordinaire Bruce are both wellknown characters, but for contrasting reasons.

Noun used with modifier

  • kiddie: One day, one November 24, 1869 Is Michael Jackson a kiddie fiddler?
  • country: Edwin's comment on his father's playing: " He was a really first-rate country fiddler.
  • century: Remember that a typical 18th century fiddler would have played for a greater variety of audiences and situations than today.
  • dance: The traditional dance fiddler is more concerned with rhythm, energy, and volume.
fiddler Quotes

He was a fiddler, and consequently a rogue.

—Swift,Jonathan

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