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Definition: FODDLE-FADDLE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A trifle; trifling talk; nonsense.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Foddle-faddle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Foddle-faddle \Fod"dle-fad`dle\, noun. trifle; trifling talk; nonsense. [Colloq.]. (references)

Definition: FODDLE-FADDLE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A trifle; trifling talk; nonsense.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "FODDLE-FADDLE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Note: Foddle-faddle \Fod"dle-fad`dle\, noun. trifle; trifling talk; nonsense. [Colloq.]. (references)