flummery / ˈflʌm ə ri /

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flummery 的定义

n. 名词 noun

plural flum·mer·ies.

  1. oatmeal or flour boiled with water until thick.
  2. fruit custard or blancmange usually thickened with cornstarch.
  3. any of various dishes made of flour, milk, eggs, sugar, etc.
  4. complete nonsense; foolish humbug.

flummery 近义词

flummery

等同于 knickknack

flummery

等同于 balderdash

flummery

等同于 palaver

flummery

等同于 fiddle-faddle

flummery

等同于 flattery

flummery

等同于 frivolity

更多flummery例句

  1. Oh, but surely if we have to call ourselves Wurzel-Flummery it would count as earned income.
  2. The condition is that with this money—fifty thousand pounds—I take the name of—ah—Wurzel-Flummery.
  3. My dear Mr. Crawshaw, you didn't think—you didn't really think that anybody had been called Wurzel-Flummery before?
  4. The Flummery boys and ever so many more of the party are at the front with their regiments.
  5. Money was squandered on useless court-flummery while men were toiling sixteen hours a day for bread.