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Definition of Falderals
1. falderal [n] - See also: falderal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Falderals
Literary usage of Falderals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1880)
"Fal-the-rals, falderals, nonsense; frippery. " Dressed up in such fal-tle-ruls."
Fang, v. to earn; to take; to take to. " I don't fang to your notions. ..."
2. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1822)
"... falderals about Jenny B—'s braw new bannet." It happened one Sunday, either
from the weather being warm, or the preacher being less animated than usual, ..."
3. Longman's Magazine by Charles James Longman (1885)
"Here, auntie, get your flounces and falderals out o' the road—bless us, woman,
ye make the place look like a milliner's shop ! And bring out the punch-bowl ..."
4. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"U the With their flattering, palaver, and smiles, He runs, while he's listening
to their falderals, girls. Bump ashore on the Scilly Isles. ..."
5. A Glossary of Words and Phrases Pertaining to the Dialect of Cumberland by William Dickinson (1880)
"Fal-the-rals, falderals, nonsense ; frippery. " Dressed up in such fal-the-rali."
Fang, i'. to earn; to take; to take to. "I don't fang to your notions. ..."
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