Fiddler vs. Postman — What's the Difference?

A violin, especially one used to play folk or country music.

See mailman.

(Nautical) A guardrail used on a table during rough weather to prevent things from slipping off.

Someone who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.

(Informal) Nonsensical, trifling matters

One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions, so called from the place where he sits, the other of the two being the tubman.

Chiefly British An instance of cheating or swindling; a fraud.

A post or courier; a letter carrier.

To play a fiddle.

One of the two most experienced barristers in the Court of Exchequer, who have precedence in motions; - so called from the place where he sits. The other of the two is called the tubman.

To touch or handle something in a nervous way

A man who delivers the mail

To make unskilled efforts at repairing or improving

To meddle or tamper

Chiefly British To commit a fraud, especially to steal from one's employer.

To play (a tune) on a fiddle.

Chiefly British To alter or falsify for dishonest gain

One who plays the fiddle.

One who fiddles; a cheat.

A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle.

The common European sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos); so called because it habitually wags its tail up and down resembling the back and forth movement of a fiddler.

A large species of cicada, Macrotristria angularis, of eastern Australia; cherry nose.

A coin of little value: a sixpence or a farthing.

One who plays on a fiddle or violin.

A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; - called also fiddler crab, calling crab, soldier crab, and fighting crab.

The common European sandpiper (Tringoides hypoleucus); - so called because it continually oscillates its body.

A musician who plays the violin

Someone who manipulates in a nervous or unconscious manner

An unskilled person who tries to fix or mend