fiddler
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈfɪd.lər/
- Informal
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manitas
Examples
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Ladies and gentlemen... the greatest conductor in the world, and the worst fiddler in the club... Mr. Claude Eastman.
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Yet, despite the seeming difficulty of the task, the fiddlers manage to keep track of home.
Academic text (2004) -
Besides, as previously observed, Ollie has much in common with the other members of his tribe, and the conversations he reports, or the episodes he narrates—for instance, the search for the fiddler which sends his father and his friends on a crazy tour of the outskirts and Irish pubs of Birmingham—suggest that most of the Irish characters would share his perspective.
Academic text (2009) -
He is an amateur fiddler who enjoys fixing old radios on weekends.
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As a fiddler, she often tinkers with broken appliances in her spare time.
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The fiddler in our community always tries to repair toys for the children, despite not being an expert.
Synonyms
6
6.9
A person who enjoys fixing and making small machines and gadgets for fun
6
7.3
A person who fixes small metal things by hand, often while traveling
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7.5
A person who makes small changes to improve how something works
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- US
A small crab that lives on coasts and digs burrows, whose males have one large claw they wave
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Etymology
Fiddler A helpful way to remember this meaning is to think of fiddle as 'to touch or mess with' something while trying to change it. So a fiddler can mean a person who fiddles with machines or tools — someone who tries to fix things but often lacks real skill.