balderdash

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BALD'ERDASH, noun Mean, senseless prate; a jargon of words; ribaldry; anything jumbled together without judgment. BALD'ERDASH, verb transitive To mix or adulterate liquors.
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