codswallop

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cods·wal·lop | \ ˈkȯdz-ˌwä-ləp

, ˈkädz- \

Definition of codswallop

British, informal

: words or ideas that are foolish or untrue : nonsense The notion that Scott was waylaid by bad luck is "a lot of codswallop," said Roland Huntford, a British historian.— Kenneth Chang "Some say he died. Codswallop, in my opinion …"— J. K. Rowling … I muttered, "Yes, that's right," knowing all the while that it was a load of codswallop.— Steven Pinker

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Examples of codswallop in a Sentence

That is a load of codswallop. a trendy London restaurant serving bizarre concoctions that anyone with a brain and a stomach would dismiss as codswallop

Recent Examples on the Web Great story, total codswallop, says Skaife, who has pored through the archives and found zip. — William Booth, The Seattle Times, 26 Oct. 2018 And don’t forget codswallop, a word that sounds Shakespearean but was coined in 1959. — Stephen Miller, WSJ, 29 May 2018 Mnuchin tried to double-talk this codswallop past SPW. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 19 May 2017

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