fiddler

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.