From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Balderdash \Bal"der*dash\, n. [Of uncertain origin: cf. Dan.
balder noise, clatter, and E. dash; hence, perhaps, unmeaning
noise, then hodgepodge, mixture; or W. baldorduss a
prattling, baldordd, baldorddi, to prattle.]
1. A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.
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Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both
name and nature, and is called balderdash. --Taylor
(Drink and
Welcome).
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2. Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Balderdash \Bal"der*dash\, v. t.
To mix or adulterate, as liquors.
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The wine merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and
even
mix it with pigeon's dung and quicklime. --Smollett.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
balderdash
n 1: trivial nonsense [syn: {balderdash}, {fiddle-faddle},
{piffle}]
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