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fiddle-footed

adjective fid·dle-foot·ed \ ˌfi-dᵊl-ˈfu̇-təd \

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

First Known Use of fiddle-footed

1941

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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