1 a person who plays the violin (= small, stringed instrument), esp. in music popular in rural areas --
What was particularly disgraceful was his suggestion that we are a nation of "fiddlers".
We tend to see a fiddler and someone playing another instrument during pace-egging, souling and similar activities.
To become a nation of fiddlers is hardly a noble achievement; but fiddling there will be, and more of it.
The message was clear: train drivers are not only fiddlers, but they are violent.
I would not say that they were fiddlers.
I am pleased to welcome the chief fiddler to our debate.
They then left the fiddlers three to deal with a real "fiddle"—and this is it.
Fiddlers should be pursued wherever they come from and in whatever aspect they show themselves.
