flapdoodlery
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From flapdoodle + -ery.
Noun
[edit]flapdoodlery (uncountable)
- (rare) Nonsense, flapdoodle.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nonsense
- 1927, Arthur Train, When Tutt Meets Tutt, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page 47:
- “You can’t pull any bunk like that on us!” roared Quelch. “We’ve had enough of this flapdoodlery! Take your money, Mrs. Clinton, and sign the deed.”