- a variation of taradiddle.
tarradiddle
Americannoun
noun
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a trifling lie
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nonsense; twaddle
Etymology
Origin of tarradiddle
of unknown origin
Example Sentences
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Last week Martin followed up his telephone call to Straight with a signed rebuttal in the New Statesman and a 1900-word cable to the New Republic denouncing Strout's "tarradiddle."
From Time Magazine Archive
The King Liveth is Author Farnol's 28th novel, a tumultuous tarradiddle laid in 9th-Century England.
From Time Magazine Archive
However, she won more by her impish tarradiddle than she had looked for.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie
Lady Lufton's tarradiddle was of a nature that is usually considered excusable—at least with grown people; but, nevertheless, she would have been nearer to perfection could she have confined herself to the truth.
From Framley Parsonage by Trollope, Anthony
O Lady Lufton! have you not now written a tarradiddle to your friend?
From Framley Parsonage by Trollope, Anthony
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