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Definition of Balderdashes
1. balderdash [n] - See also: balderdash
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balderdashes
Literary usage of Balderdashes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Letters of Edwin Lawrence Godkin by Edwin Lawrence Godkin (1907)
"... "I should be tempted to pull up my stakes and leave with you, to come back
when the principal balderdashes of the present epoch are dead. ..."
2. Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and ...by Francis Grose, Hewson Clarke by Francis Grose, Hewson Clarke (1811)
"A freezing vintner: a vintner who balderdashes his wine. FRENCH CREAM. Brandy;
so called by the old tabbies and dowagers when drank in their tea. ..."
3. A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose (1785)
"... and coopers in parting their wines, to lower the price of them, and to advance
their gain ; a freezing vintner, a vintner who balderdashes his wine. ..."
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