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tarradiddles

tarradiddles is the plural of tarradiddle.

Meaning of tarradiddle

Noun

tarradiddle (countable and uncountable, plural tarradiddles)

  1. A trivial lie, a fib.
    • "I dare say my nephew told you a good many tarradiddles in his time. Oh, yes, a good many, eh? He was always a liar. What, now, did he say of me? Tell me, now."1923, Walter de la Mare, Seaton's Aunt
  2. Silly talk or writing; humbug.
    • Of course, that's all taradiddle; he lies like a horse, for I know this Dushkin, he is a pawnbroker and a receiver of stolen goods […]1866, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

Questions about tarradiddles

What is tarradiddles the plural of?
Tarradiddles is the plural of tarradiddle.

Words near tarradiddles in the dictionary

  1. tarrace
  2. tarraces
  3. tarradiddle
  4. tarradiddler
  5. tarradiddlers
  6. tarradiddles
  7. Tarrafal
  8. Tarrafal de São Nicolau
  9. Tarraganda
  10. tarragon
  11. Tarragona

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