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balderdash1590s, of unknown origin; originally a jumbled mix of liquors (milk and beer, beer and wine, etc.), transferred 1670s to "senseless jumble of words." From dash; first element perhaps cognate [..]
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balderdashnoun Definition: nonsense stories or talk Example Sentence: My brother is telling me his balderdash.
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balderdash(n) trivial nonsense
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balderdashRibaldry, jargon. (Danish Balder, tattle, clatter.)
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balderdash
senseless talk or writing; nonsense.
(archaic) A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.
* Taylor (''Drink and Welcome'')
*: Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both name and nature, [..]
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