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fiddlebow

fiddlebow noun: a bow used to play the fiddle.

Noun

fiddlebow (plural fiddlebows)

  1. A bow used to play the fiddle.
    • Some day some Gnome will steal his fiddlebow, / Or crack the stretched strings of his violin, / And hang him with them from thy windowed leaves / For all thy Flowers to gape at.1910, Madison Cawein, “The Shadow Garden, A Phantasy”, in The Shadow Garden (A Phantasy) and Other Plays, New York, N.Y.; London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, scene II, page 30
    • Twice they have fought with harps, fiddlebows, and chair legs.1951, William Manchester, “The Free Lance”, in Disturber of the Peace: The Life of H. L. Mencken, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers […], page 44
    Synonyms:
    fiddlestick

Synonyms of fiddlebow

Forms of fiddlebow

pluralfiddlebows

Origin of fiddlebow

From fiddle + bow.

Questions about fiddlebow

What does fiddlebow mean?
Fiddlebow means a bow used to play the fiddle.
What part of speech is fiddlebow?
Fiddlebow is a noun.
What is the plural of fiddlebow?
The plural of fiddlebow is fiddlebows.

Words near fiddlebow in the dictionary

  1. fiddle-faddles
  2. fiddle-faddling
  3. fiddle-footed
  4. fiddleback
  5. fiddlebacks
  6. fiddlebow
  7. fiddlebows
  8. fiddled
  9. fiddled about
  10. fiddled around
  11. fiddled away

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