tarradiddle

American  

[tar-uh-did-l] / ˌtær əˈdɪd l /

noun

1. a variant of taradiddle.

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tarradiddle British  

/ ˈtærəˌdɪdəl /

noun

1. a trifling lie

2. nonsense; twaddle

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Etymology

Origin of tarradiddle

of unknown origin

Example Sentences

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

"Because, when one is not in the habit of it, one takes time to form a good tarradiddle," replies he, in a soft whisper.

From Airy Fairy Lilian by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)

And having uttered this shocking tarradiddle, she ushered him into the drawing-room.

From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram

I can’t quite explain, miss; I suppose there’s scarcely any one who hasn’t been guilty of a tarradiddle; but a lie—a thought-out lie—never.”

From Girls of the Forest by Meade, L. T.