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The piece was translated by Lord Fiddle-faddle, Tom Bulbul being the
Our Street 2006
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Instead it will strip many Virginians of rights they enjoy and set the stage for family court battles. link Fiddle-faddle.
Archive 2006-09-01 2006
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Fiddle-faddle, foolish man — What a pother is here!
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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"Fiddle-faddle!" replied Adolphe, as he replaced his hat on the side of his bald head.
His Excellency the Minister Jules Claretie 1876
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"Fiddle-faddle!" exclaimed the lady from Wild Cats '.
Her Mother's Secret Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth 1859
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The piece was translated by Lord Fiddle-faddle, Tom
The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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Fiddle-faddle stories, that carry no information along with the
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1748 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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Fiddle-faddle, foolish man -- What a pother is here!
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 Samuel Richardson 1725
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Their Mother tells them, that such an one commanded in such a Sea Engagement, that their Great Grandfather had a Horse shot under him at Edge-hill, that their Uncle was at the Siege of Buda, and that her Mother danced in a Ball at Court with the Duke of Monmouth; with abundance of Fiddle-faddle of the same Nature.
The Spectator, Volume 2. Richard Steele 1700
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"Fiddle-faddle, child; noon is noon, and there are no more two noons than two suns, or two times.
Jack Tier James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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