Definition of "tarradiddle" [tarradiddle]

• A petty falsehood; a fib. (noun)
• Silly pretentious speech or writing; twaddle. (noun)

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• "O Lady Lufton! have you not written a tarradiddle to your friend?"
• "‘There is to be a little tarradiddle told, and I am to tell it?’"
• "But I wasn't fooled by that tarradiddle about the cold."