Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A trifle; an absurdity; a piece of folly or nonsense. Smollett Sir Lancelot Greaves, xiii.
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Examples
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"To be sure, sir," said he, "they thought you as great a nincompoop as your squire-trimtram, like master, like man; but I hope as how you will give them a Rowland for their Oliver."
The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves Tobias George Smollett 1746
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“To be sure, sir,” said he, “they thought you as great a nincompoop as your squire-trimtram, like master, like man; but I hope as how you will give them a Rowland for their
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