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fumdiddle

fumdiddle 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 fumdiddle

pluralfumdiddles

Questions about fumdiddle

What is fumdiddle the alternative form of?
Fumdiddle is the alternative form of flummadiddle.

Words near fumdiddle in the dictionary

  1. fumbling the bag
  2. fumblingly
  3. fumblingness
  4. fumblings
  5. fumbly
  6. fumdiddle
  7. fumdiddles
  8. fume
  9. fume cupboard
  10. fume cupboards
  11. fume date

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fumdiddle (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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