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poppycock

[ pop-ee-kok ]

/ ˈpɒp iˌkɒk /

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noun

nonsense; bosh.

Origin of poppycock

1840–50, Americanism; perhaps < Dutch pappekak, equivalent to pappe- pap¹ + kak excrement

SYNONYMS FOR poppycock

balderdash, bunk, hogwash, rubbish.

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OTHER WORDS FROM poppycock

pop·py·cock·ish, adjective

Words nearby poppycock

poppy anemone, poppy day, poppy family, poppy red, poppy seed, poppycock, poppyhead, pops, popsicle, popster, popstrel

Example sentences from the Web for poppycock

From all the poppycock Anglice bosh you talked about poker, I'd ha' played a straight game, and skinned you.

American Notes |Rudyard Kipling
The whole business is poppycock, in my opinion, and the sooner this bubble bursts the better.

Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 |Various
"I knew he'd talked a lot of poppycock about a man who was still living having been shot to death," Whitburn retorted.

The Edge of the Knife |Henry Beam Piper
It is all poppycock to say that education can make a gentleman; don't you think so?

The Copper Princess |Kirk Munroe

Thats all poppycock, that Malay cursing; but the curses of heredity are stern reality.

Cursed |George Allan England

British Dictionary definitions for poppycock

poppycock

/ (ˈpɒpɪˌkɒk) /

noun

informal senseless chatter; nonsense

Word Origin for poppycock

C19: from Dutch dialect pappekak, literally: soft excrement, from pap soft + kak dung; see pap 1