flapdoodlery
flapdoodlery noun: nonsense, flapdoodle.
Noun
flapdoodlery (uncountable)
- Nonsense, flapdoodle.
- “You can’t pull any bunk like that on us!” roared Quelch. “We’ve had enough of this flapdoodlery! Take your money, Mrs. Clinton, and sign the deed.”1927, Arthur Train, When Tutt Meets Tutt, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 47
- Synonyms:
- absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple grease, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash, balls, baloney, banana oil
Synonyms of flapdoodlery
- absurdity
- all my eye
- all my eye and Betty Martin
- bafflegab
- balderdash
- balls
- baloney
- Bandini
- baragouin
- batcrap
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Origin of flapdoodlery
From flapdoodle + -ery.
Questions about flapdoodlery
- What does flapdoodlery mean?
- Flapdoodlery means nonsense, flapdoodle.
- What part of speech is flapdoodlery?
- Flapdoodlery is a noun.
Words near flapdoodlery in the dictionary
Source and license
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