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flapdoodle

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flap·doo·dle also flap-doo·dle  (flpddl)
n. Slang
Foolish talk; nonsense: "Behind the tourist flap-doodle, authentic [Key West] cooking is produced by the descendants of Bahamian English and Cubans, who migrated to this coral reef over a century ago" (Betty Fussell).
[Origin unknown.]
flapdoodle [ˈflæpˌduːdəl]
n
Slang foolish talk; nonsense
[of unknown origin]
Translations
flapdoodle [ˈflæpˌduːdl] N → chorrada f


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