poppycock
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pop·py·cock /ˈpɒpikɒk $ ˈpɑːpikɑːk/ noun [uncountable] old-fashioned UNTRUEnonsense 废话,胡扯
Examples from the Corpus
poppycock• Compassionate capitalists know that all this talk of love is humbug and poppycock when people are hungry, homeless, and unhappy.• Much of what he said was pure poppycock.• This seems to me to be mostly self-regarding poppycock.Origin poppycock (1800-1900) Dutch dialect pappekak “soft excrement”pop·py·cock nounChineseSyllable
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poppycock
pop‧py‧cock /ˈpɒpikɒk $ ˈpɑːpikɑːk/
noun [uncountable] old-fashioned
pop‧py‧cock /ˈpɒpikɒk $ ˈpɑːpikɑːk/
noun [uncountable] old-fashioned Date: 1800-1900
Language: Dutch dialect
Origin: pappekak 'soft excrement'
nonsense
Language: Dutch dialect
Origin: pappekak 'soft excrement'