Fiddlery

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Fiddling about; tweaking or manipulation. uncountable

    "the endless weeks of tedious fiddlery and close planning and checking"

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fiddling

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"the endless weeks of tedious fiddlery and close planning and checking"

Etymology

fiddle + -ery

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