double Dutch

as in mumbo jumbo
unintelligible or meaningless talk the fast-talking con man spouts some double Dutch, and it is only afterwards that the victim realizes that he's given two twenties for a ten

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“Double Dutch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double%20Dutch. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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