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codswallop

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cods·wal·lop  (kdzwlp)
n. Chiefly British Slang
Nonsense; rubbish.

[Origin unknown.]

codswallop [ˈkɒdzˌwɒləp]
n
Brit slang nonsense
[of unknown origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.codswallop - nonsensical talk or writing
drivel, garbage - a worthless message
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
Translations
codswallop [ˈkɒdzwɒləp] N (Brit) → chorradas fpl
codswallop [ˈkɒdzwɒləp] n (British) (= nonsense) → bobards mpl
co-ed [ˈkəʊɛd]
adj abbr = co-educational
n abbr (US) (= female student) → étudiante (d'une université mixte)
co-educational coeducational [ˌkəʊɛdʒʊˈkeɪʃənəl] adj [school, college, university] → mixte
codswallop
n (Brit inf) → Stuss m (dated inf)
codswallop [ˈkɒdzˌwɒləp] n (Brit) (fam) → stupidaggini fpl, sciocchezze fpl
codswallop [ˈkɒdzˌwɒləp] n (Brit) (fam) → stupidaggini fpl, sciocchezze fpl


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If you think it's just scientists getting together to sort out a problem, that's codswallop," he says.
``The first time I saw `Tristan,' it was a very conservative production, and I thought it was the biggest load of codswallop I'd ever seen,'' he says.
 
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