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tarradiddle

[ tar-uh-did-l ]

noun

  1. a variant of taradiddle.


tarradiddle

/ ˈtærəˌdɪdəl /

noun

  1. a trifling lie
  2. nonsense; twaddle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tarradiddle1

of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

And having uttered this shocking tarradiddle, she ushered him into the drawing-room.

"Because, when one is not in the habit of it, one takes time to form a good tarradiddle," replies he, in a soft whisper.

However, she won more by her impish tarradiddle than she had looked for.

“O, well, never mind—go on with your tarradiddle.”

I don't mean externals—parents, social sets or legal tarradiddles.

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