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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The King Liveth is Author Farnol's 28th novel, a tumultuous tarradiddle laid in 9th-Century England.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
There were no tourists' agencies in those days," she remarked, regretfully, "so I suppose Shakspere had to trust to hearsay, and somebody must have told him a big tarradiddle.
From My Friend the Chauffeur by Lowenheim, Frederic
And having uttered this shocking tarradiddle, she ushered him into the drawing-room.
From The Red Derelict by Mitford, Bertram
He asked me in, but I went on to the little railway town, repeated my tarradiddle at its "hotel," and soon was asleep.
From The Flower of the Chapdelaines by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)
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