FIDDLE-HEADED, FIDDLE-PATTERNED
\fˈɪdə͡lhˈɛdɪd], \fˈɪdəlhˈɛdɪd], \f_ˈɪ_d_əl_h_ˈɛ_d_ɪ_d]\
Definitions of FIDDLE-HEADED, FIDDLE-PATTERNED
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Terms applied to forks, spoons, and the like, whose handles are fashioned after a pattern which has some resemblance to a fiddle. "A kind of fork that is fiddle-headed."-Hood. "My table-spoons the little fiddle-patterned ones."-R. H. Barham.
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