flubdub
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flubdub
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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His most famous specialty is baiting William Green: "Come, come, Mr. Green, will you stop handing us that flubdub?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Usual courtesies—good customer of your bank—you know; usual flubdub.
From Cappy Ricks Retires by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne
Could we go along forever living on the flubdub of self-praise?
From Under the Skylights by Henry Blake Fuller
Any God's quantity of fuss and flubdub to bury a man, and not an ounce of forehandedness in the whole outfit to find out whether he was rightly dead.
From Traffics and Discoveries by Rudyard Kipling
Please her, you know—she's crazy on this society stunt—all flubdub to me of course.
From The Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard
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