buncombe
Americannoun
noun
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Indeed, with Washington today having become a carnival of buncombe so sublimely preposterous that even that great journalistic iconoclast H.L.
From Salon
Their buncombe never ceases to amaze and appall.
From New York Times
Simple farm workers in the main, they dismiss talk of radiation danger as pseudo-scientific buncombe.
From Los Angeles Times
Before they sat down Mr. Kerry made the ritual condemnation of the assault on the Jews, composed of equal parts blarney and buncombe, and bravely urged an end to “all incitement and violence.”
From Washington Times
Had that fainting spell been buncombe for his benefit as well as Florence's?
From Project Gutenberg
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