"fiddlebow" meaning in All languages combined

See fiddlebow on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: fiddlebows [plural]
Etymology: From fiddle + bow. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fiddle|bow}} fiddle + bow Head templates: {{en-noun}} fiddlebow (plural fiddlebows)
  1. A bow used to play the fiddle. Synonyms: fiddlestick
    Sense id: en-fiddlebow-en-noun-zW4eLjE~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "The crowd boiled up with shouts. Rufus had ’em going, for sure. But he held them down with a wave of his fiddlebow. He pointed the fiddlebow right at Carlos B. Reddy and sounded off: […]",
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