balderdash Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun trivial nonsense
fiddle-faddle; piffle.
WordNet
Bal"der*dash noun
Etymology
Of uncertain origin: cf. Dan.Definitions
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A worthless mixture, especially of liquors. Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both name and nature, and is called balderdash. Taylor (Drink and Welcome).
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Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.
Bal"der*dash transitive verb
Definitions
To mix or adulterate, as liquors. The wine merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and even mix it with pigeon's dung and quicklime. Smollett.