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flummadiddle U.S.|ˈflʌmədɪd(ə)l|
Also flumme-, flummer-, flummy-, fuma-.
[prob. arbitrarily f. flummery.]
1. (See quot.)
1872Schele de Vere Americanisms 338 Flummadiddle..consists of stale bread, pork-fat, molasses, cinnamon, allspice, [etc.]; by the aid of these materials a kind of mush is made, which is baked in the oven and brought to the table hot and brown. 1884Sala Illustr. Lond. News 19 July 51/2.
2. slang. Nonsense, humbug; also, something trivial or ridiculous.
1850in Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. s.v., Fuma⁓diddle, flummydiddle. 1854M. J. Holmes Tempest & Sunshine iv. 51 What does she want of any more flummerdiddle notions? 1882E. Cummings in Chicago Advance 21 Sept., Directions for..crocheting all sorts of flummediddles. 1882Century Mag. Oct. 837 Well, see all that flummer-diddle he got off about it. 1941Sat. Even. Post 25 Oct. 35/3 An' does you try any fuma⁓diddles, you is right away gwine happen to a catastrophe. |