And the Lieutenant details his ailments, and their supposed cause, till Heale has the pleasure of hearing Tom answer "Fiddlesticks!

The sheriff benignant; the turnkeys amused; the comic servant, obviously in liquor, brandishing his fiddlestick, and the orchestra playing "God save the Queen.

They broaden our sympathiesI read that only the other day, and" "Broaden your fiddlesticks!" said Isabelle contemptuously.

But, of course, if you're afraid, as I said before, of giving way to tender" "Tender fiddlesticks!"

I always knew what it would come to!" "Got a fiddlestick!" says Mr. G.; "it's only rockets."

Fiddlers, your pins in temper fix, And roset weel your fiddlesticks; But banish vile Italian tricks From out your quorum, Nor fortes wi' pianos mix Gie's 'Tullochgorum'!