poppycock

[ pop-ee-kok ]

/ ˈpɒp iˌkɒk /

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noun

nonsense; bosh.

Nearby words

poppy anemone, poppy day, poppy family, poppy red, poppy seed, poppycock, poppyhead, pops, popsicle, popster, popstrel

Origin of poppycock

1840–50, Americanism; perhaps < Dutch pappekak, equivalent to pappe- pap¹ + kak excrement

SYNONYMS FOR poppycock

balderdash, bunk, hogwash, rubbish.

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Related forms

pop·py·cock·ish, adjective

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Examples from the Web for poppycock

From all the poppycock Anglice bosh you talked about poker, I'd ha' played a straight game, and skinned you.
American Notes|Rudyard Kipling
The whole business is poppycock, in my opinion, and the sooner this bubble bursts the better.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930|Various
"I knew he'd talked a lot of poppycock about a man who was still living having been shot to death," Whitburn retorted.
The Edge of the Knife|Henry Beam Piper
It is all poppycock to say that education can make a gentleman; don't you think so?
The Copper Princess|Kirk Munroe

Thats all poppycock, that Malay cursing; but the curses of heredity are stern reality.
Cursed|George Allan England

British Dictionary definitions for poppycock

poppycock

/ (ˈpɒpɪˌkɒk) /

noun

informal senseless chatter; nonsense

Word Origin for poppycock

C19: from Dutch dialect pappekak, literally: soft excrement, from pap soft + kak dung; see pap 1

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