BALDERDASH

n. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A worthless mixture, especially of liquors. Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both name and nature, and is called balderdash. Taylor (Drink and Welcome).

2.
n.

Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.

3.
v.

To mix or adulterate, as liquors. The wine merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and even mix it with pigeon's dung and quicklime. Smollett.


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