- a variation of taradiddle.
tarradiddle
Americannoun
noun
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a trifling lie
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nonsense; twaddle
Etymology
Origin of tarradiddle
of unknown origin
Example Sentences
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Last week Martin followed up his telephone call to Straight with a signed rebuttal in the New Statesman and a 1900-word cable to the New Republic denouncing Strout's "tarradiddle."
From Time Magazine Archive
The King Liveth is Author Farnol's 28th novel, a tumultuous tarradiddle laid in 9th-Century England.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Don't tell me a tarradiddle, my dear," Lillian countered smoothly.
From Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon by Garrison, Adele
Well, to be sure, perhaps I told a bit of a tarradiddle when I was a small child; but an out-and-out lie—never, thank the Almighty!”
From Girls of the Forest by Meade, L. T.
"So it seems you can't tell a tarradiddle for me?"
From Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) by Bennett, Arnold
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