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balderdashes

balderdashes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of balderdash.

Meaning of balderdash

Verb

balderdash (third-person singular simple present balderdashes, present participle balderdashing, simple past and past participle balderdashed)

  1. (archaic) To mix or adulterate.
    • That which is made by the peasants, both red and white, is generally genuine: but the wine-merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and even mix it with pigeons dung and quick-lime.1766, Tobias Smollett, Travels through France and Italy, 2nd edition, London: R. Baldwin, Volume I, Letter 19, p. 309

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Questions about balderdashes

What is balderdashes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Balderdashes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of balderdash.

Words near balderdashes in the dictionary

  1. Balderamas
  2. Balderas
  3. Balderases
  4. balderdash
  5. balderdashed
  6. balderdashes
  7. balderdashing
  8. Balderrama
  9. Balderramas
  10. Baldersby
  11. Baldersleigh

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