flummery

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FLUM'MERY, noun [See Lumber.] 1. A sort of jelly made of flour or meal; pap. Milk and flummery are very fit for children. 2. In vulgar use, any thing insipid or nothing to the purpose; flattery.
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