Where did the expression "Fiddlesticks!" originate?

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Where did the expression "Fiddlesticks!" originate?

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The pejorative etymology of the Word "fiddlestick" is derived from the late 16th century, when a bow was little more than a stick to hold hair, used once and thrown away.

http://www.historicalbows.com/index.html

Jun 02 2004, 7:55 AM

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A fiddlestick was at first just a violin bow...

At some point in Shakespeare’s lifetime, it seems fiddlestick was used for something insignificant or trivial, perhaps because fiddle-playing itself was regarded as something worthless or inconsequential.

https://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-fid1.htm