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Synonyms for flapdoodle
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : flap-dood-l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈflæpˌdud l |
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Définition of flapdoodle
Origin :- 1833, originally "the stuff they feed fools on" [Marryat]; an arbitrary formation.
- As in absurdity : noun ridiculous situation or behavior
- As in guff : noun nonsense
- You're the last man I ever expected to hear that kind of flapdoodle from.
- Extract from : « The Three Partners » by Bret Harte
- Reckoning a man's life by years is the biggest sort of flapdoodle.
- Extract from : « How it Feels to be Fifty » by Ellis Parker Butler
- Listen to me, Henry: we really haven't time for all that sort of flapdoodle now.
- Extract from : « How He Lied to Her Husband » by George Bernard Shaw
- And there's no flapdoodle about him; and he never cried baby in his life.
- Extract from : « The Vehement Flame » by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
- For the benefit of the sportsman and gun crank who want plain facts and no flapdoodle, the following statistics are offered.
- Extract from : « The Land of Footprints » by Stewart Edward White
- Give "Tommy" a lot less music and flapdoodle, and a lot more food of good quality, and he'll think a heap more of you.
- Extract from : « Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) » by A. G. Hales
- Ye remember how he sashayed round newspaper offices in 'Frisco until he could write a flapdoodle story himself?
- Extract from : « A First Family of Tasajara » by Bret Harte
Antonyms for flapdoodle
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