flubdub
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of flubdub
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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The standard Hollywood windmilling followed �and then the standard flubdub to the press.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some of it is plainly superfluous and some of it should be dismissed immediately as the merest flubdub and flapdoodle�inherited rubbish.
From Time Magazine Archive
His most famous specialty is baiting William Green: "Come, come, Mr. Green, will you stop handing us that flubdub?"
From Time Magazine Archive
Could we go along forever living on the flubdub of self-praise?
From Under the Skylights by Fuller, Henry Blake
Please her, you know—she's crazy on this society stunt—all flubdub to me of course.
From The Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)
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