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noun (flummeries)
  1. empty or meaningless talk
  2. deceptive or blustering speech; bullshit
    • 1940: Rex Stout, Over My Dead Body - "Pfui! This is !"
      1. custard; any of several bland, gelatinous foodstuffs made from strained oatmeal and flour
Etymology: Welsh llymru, a jelly derived from oatmeal


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