flumadiddle
American
[fluhm-uh-did-l, fluhm-uh-did-l]
/ ˌflʌm əˈdɪd l, ˈflʌm əˌdɪd l /
noun
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utter nonsense.
-
worthless frills.
Etymology
Origin of flumadiddle
1840–50, apparently flum(mery) + -a- unstressed linking vowel + diddle 2
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