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Fandangle

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A piece of nonsense or foolishness.
  2. 2
    A trinket or ornament.

Etymology

Perhaps an alteration of fandango, equivalent to fandango + -le (diminutive suffix); or influenced by dangle. Alternatively, Geoffrey Dearson, in The Devonshire Dialect Dictionary (2022), suggests a blend of fandango + bangle.

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