Fiddler's Elbow
lake or loch · Oxfordshire
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Fiddler's Elbow is an English descriptive name. It likely refers to a sharp bend or narrow point in a waterway, perhaps associated with a fiddler or a place where fiddling occurred.
Word origins
- Fiddler's
- Unknownbelonging to a fiddler(from fiddler "one who plays the fiddle")
- Elbow
- Unknowna sharp bend(from elbow "a sharp bend")