balderdash

• I have been terribly knocked about too,—jolted in Irish cars, bothered almost to madness with Irish balderdash, above all kept on dreadfully short allowance of sleep;—so that now first, when fairly down to rest, all aches and bruises begin to be fairly sensible; and my clearest feeling at this present is the uncomfortable one, “that I am not Caliban, but a Cramp”: terribly cramped indeed, if I could tell you everything! —  The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II
• Pitiful temporary babble and balderdash, in comparison to what the Silences can say to one. —  The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II
• Her catalogues are balderdash, of course I was surprised you're doing Dosh's job, Lovejoy.' —  dummy 3
• “With all this modern taste for psychopathological balderdash,” he said, “I wonder you get anyone to listen to the plays On the contrary,” said Gaunt stuffily, “there is a renaissance.” Huia came out — clanging her inevitable bell. —  Color Scheme - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 12: 1943
• One example of this balderdash is a lawsuit filed by Tapeshwar Vishwakarma, who represents a charity and claims that the human rights of the slum dwellers have been violated.

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