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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balderdash \Bal"der*dash\, n. [Of uncertain origin: cf Dan.
balder noise, clatter, and E. dash; hence perhaps, unmeaning
noise, then hodgepodge, mixture; or W. baldorduss a
prattling, baldordd baldorddi to prattle.]
1. A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.
Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both
name and nature, and is called balderdash. --Taylor
(Drink and
Welcome).
2. Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Balderdash \Bal"der*dash\, v. t.
To mix or adulterate, as liquors.
The wine merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and
even mix it with pigeon's dung and quicklime.
--Smollett.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
balderdash
n : trivial nonsense [syn: {fiddle-faddle}, {piffle}]
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