flapdoodle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of flapdoodle
First recorded in 1820–30; origin uncertain
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Poppycock with an average flapdoodle reading of +10 million fiddle faddles.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2022
Yet content of the flapdoodle sort is proliferating on TikTok.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2022
This sort of flapdoodle is old hat by now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2019
Now, I remember some silly flapdoodle about vessels and chalices and secret societies, but not much else.
From Washington Post ● May 1, 2019
Ye remember how, after his father's good luck, he spiled all his own chances, and ran off with his father's waiter gal—all on account o' them flapdoodle books he read?
From A First Family of Tasajara by Bret Harte
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