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taradiddle

or ³Ù²¹°ù·°ù²¹Â·»å¾±»å·»å±ô±ð

[ tar-uh-did-l ]

noun

Informal.
  1. a small lie; fib.
  2. pretentious nonsense.


taradiddle

/ ˈ³Ùæ°ùəˌ»åɪ»åÉ™±ô /

noun

  1. another spelling of tarradiddle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of taradiddle1

First recorded in 1790–1800; origin uncertain; diddle 2( def )
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Example Sentences

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Of course, perhaps there really are “both sides†to this question: truth and taradiddle.

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He was court-martialed once for being drunk on duty and another time for a taradiddle with his pay stubs.

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If I have been telling nasty horrid wicked little taradiddles, Upward won’t give me away, for I shall tip him the masonic wink not to.

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Now the fiddlers tune their fiddles To the lovely taradiddles Of old Wagner, Mozart, Bizet, and the rest.

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Eugene choked with a sense of repugnance to her airy taradiddles.

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