Fiddler's Green

English

Proper noun

Fiddler's Green

1. (nautical, folklore) A legendary afterlife for retired sailors, where there is perpetual mirth, fiddle music, and dancing.
   • 2007 March 6, Julie Rutterford, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 3:

     Sam Tyler: Where to now?
     Gene Hunt: Fiddler's Green.
     Sam Tyler: I hope that's the name of a pub.

2. (nautical, slang, dated) A place of frolic on shore.

Alternative forms

• Fiddlers' Green