1595. Shakspeare, Romeo and Juliet, iii., 1. Here’s my fiddlestick:
here’s that shall make you dance.
Fiddling, subs. (streets’).—1. A livelihood got on the streets, holding
horses, carrying parcels, etc.
1851–61. H. Mayhew, London Lab. and Lon. Poor, vol. I., p. 211. A
lad that had been lucky fiddling (holding horses, or picking up
money anyhow).