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flummery
[ fluhm-uh-ree ]
noun
- oatmeal or flour boiled with water until thick.
- fruit custard or blancmange usually thickened with cornstarch.
- any of various dishes made of flour, milk, eggs, sugar, etc.
- complete nonsense; foolish humbug.
flummery
/ ˈflʌmərɪ /
noun
- informal.meaningless flattery; nonsense
- a cold pudding of oatmeal, etc
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flummery1
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Example Sentences
Oh, but surely if we have to call ourselves Wurzel-Flummery it would count as earned income.
The condition is that with this money—fifty thousand pounds—I take the name of—ah—Wurzel-Flummery.
My dear Mr. Crawshaw, you didn't think—you didn't really think that anybody had been called Wurzel-Flummery before?
The Flummery boys and ever so many more of the party are at the front with their regiments.
Money was squandered on useless court-flummery while men were toiling sixteen hours a day for bread.
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