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giffle-gaffle

giffle-gaffle noun: nonsense.

Noun

giffle-gaffle (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, slang) Nonsense.
    • Giffle gaffle! No boy should ever be told that!2015, Stephen Jarvis, Death and Mr Pickwick
    • I exchanged glances with Molly over this endless giffle-gaffle: chatter of conquests and concubines, bawdhouses and laudanum.2016, William Sutton, Lawless and the Flowers of Sin

Questions about giffle-gaffle

What does giffle-gaffle mean?
Giffle-gaffle means nonsense.
What part of speech is giffle-gaffle?
Giffle-gaffle is a noun.

Words near giffle-gaffle in the dictionary

  1. giffies
  2. Giffin
  3. giffing
  4. Giffins
  5. giffle
  6. giffle-gaffle
  7. Giffnock
  8. Gifford
  9. Giffords
  10. giffy
  11. gifhornenolone

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