Definition of Trumpery
Noun: trumpery trúm-pu-ree
Usage: archaic
- (informal) statements or beliefs that are untrue or make no sense
- bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwash, jive [N. Amer], rhubarb [Brit], junk, flapdoodle [N. Amer], nonsense, folderol, rubbish, tripe, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop [Brit], falderal
- Ornamental objects of no great value
- folderal [non-standard], falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense, falderal
See also:
trumperies
trumpet
Anagrams containing the word trumpery
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