tarradiddle

[tar-uh-did-l]

noun

taradiddle.

taradiddle

or tar·ra·did·dle

[tar-uh-did-l]

noun Informal.

a small lie; fib.

pretentious nonsense.

Origin of taradiddle

First recorded in 1790–1800; origin uncertain

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Historical Examples of tarradiddle

A tarradiddle is what you say when you are, so to speak, took by surprise.
Girls of the Forest
L. T. Meade
She is ironing—Tarradiddle is smoking, and, like all smokers, philosophising.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, October 2, 1841
Various

British Dictionary definitions for tarradiddle

tarradiddle

noun

a trifling lie

nonsense; twaddle

Word Origin for tarradiddle

of unknown origin

taradiddle

noun

another spelling of tarradiddle

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