fiddle-footed

adjective

fid·dle-foot·ed | \ ˌfi-dᵊl-ˈfu̇-təd

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Definition of fiddle-footed

1 : skittish, jumpy a fiddle-footed horse

2 : prone to wander the nameless fiddle-footed drifters, the shifty riders who traveled the back trails— Luke Short

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The first known use of fiddle-footed was in 1941

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