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tripe and onions

tripe and onions noun: nonsense; folly.

Noun

tripe and onions (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial) Nonsense; folly.
    • Well, sir, there he was standing up spouting a lot of tripe and onions and Miss Seeton was taking the odd note.1971, Heron Carvic, Witch Miss Seeton, page 59
    • All that nonsense about charms and protection against witches. . . . It's a lot of tripe and onions, that's what it is.1996, Constance Laux, Touched by Magic, page 234
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tripe, onion.

Synonyms of tripe and onions

Questions about tripe and onions

What does tripe and onions mean?
Tripe and onions means nonsense; folly.
What part of speech is tripe and onions?
Tripe and onions is a noun.

Words near tripe and onions in the dictionary

  1. tripcock
  2. tripcocks
  3. tripcode
  4. tripcodes
  5. tripe
  6. tripe and onions
  7. tripe de roche
  8. tripedal
  9. tripedaliid
  10. tripedally
  11. Tripehound

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