sheepskin fiddler | Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

Sheepskin
·noun The skin of a sheep; or, leather prepared from it. II. Sheepskin ·noun A diploma; — so calle...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
sheepskin
The parchment diploma received by students for taking their degree at college. In the back settlemen...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Fiddler
·noun One who plays on a fiddle or violin. II. Fiddler ·noun The common European sandpiper (Tringoi...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
fiddler
n. a New South Wales and Victorianname for a species of Ray, Trygonorhina fasciata,Mull. and Heule,...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
fiddler
A kind of small crab, with one large claw and a very small one. It lives on the salt meadows, where ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.