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stuff and nonsense

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Noun1.stuff and nonsense - senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff"
hooey, poppycock, stuff
hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"


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As to their wanting recreations, ma'am,' said Bitzer, 'it's stuff and nonsense.
Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context
Halls of slavery, Ma, is mere stuff and nonsense,' returned the unmoved Irrepressible.
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
I say The Man, look you, because that was how they called him; but it was stuff and nonsense, for he had a star of his own and all his other peculiarities, it was the rest of us that were mere men.
The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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