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flummerdiddle

flummerdiddle is the alternative form of flummadiddle.

Meaning of flummadiddle

Noun

flummadiddle (usually uncountable, plural flummadiddles)

  1. (US, usually) A baked main course pudding consisting of stale bread, pork fat, molasses, and spices including cinnamon and allspice. It was a part of early American cuisine, especially in New England.
  2. (usually) Something completely nonsensical or ridiculous.
  3. (usually) Cheap, worthless frills.

Forms of flummerdiddle

pluralflummerdiddles

Questions about flummerdiddle

What is flummerdiddle the alternative form of?
Flummerdiddle is the alternative form of flummadiddle.

Words near flummerdiddle in the dictionary

  1. fluminous
  2. flumioxazin
  3. flumizole
  4. flummadiddle
  5. flummadiddles
  6. flummerdiddle
  7. flummerdiddles
  8. flummeries
  9. flummery
  10. flummox
  11. flummoxable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flummerdiddle (page history and authors); flummadiddle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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