fandangle
Britishnoun
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elaborate ornament
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nonsense
Etymology
Origin of fandangle
C19: perhaps from fandango
Example Sentences
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Ask her for bread these days and she gives you a Cluny-lace fandangle.
From Tish by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Why, I’ve never had a ride in a motor 64 car in my life, and I’ve never eaten in one of those fandangle hotels; and the way you put it, I’m just crazy to go!”
From Patty's Social Season by Carolyn Wells
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