fiddle-stringn.
/ˈfɪdlstrɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfɪd(ə)lˌstrɪŋ/ One of the strings on a fiddle, which by their vibration produce the sound. Also figurative.
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1728 E. Young Love of Fame in Wks. (1757) I. iii. 108 Fix'd is the fate of whores, and fiddle-strings!
1733 J. Arbuthnot Ess. Effects Air Human Bodies iii. 61 A Fiddle-string moisten'd with Water will sink a Note in a little Time.
1835 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 43 I do but..fret myself to fiddlestrings.
1884 E. Heron-Allen Violin-making ii. xii. 210 The manufacture of fiddle strings.
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