What does "flamdoodle" mean?

Alternative form of flapdoodle.

Flamdoodle

Common synonyms include: absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and betty martin, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash.

noun, verb

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Noun

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Alternative form of flapdoodle. alt-of, alternative
"Durned ef I don't like 'er better without a hat on than with all the fluffy flamdoodle that gals put on when they go out."

Verb

1
Alternative form of flapdoodle. alt-of, alternative
"We graft on the state an overcharge it an' flamdoodle it, forgetting that we are the state, an buncoing ourselves."

"Durned ef I don't like 'er better without a hat on than with all the fluffy flamdoodle that gals put on when they go out."

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