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Flummery logo #10101) British dessert 2) British confection 3) British pudding 4) British sweet 5) British pastry 6) British cake 7) British sweet course 8) Cake from Britain 9) Cake from Europe 10) Claptrap 11) Complete nonsense 12) Confection from Britain 13) Confection from Europe 14) Dessert from Europe 15) Dessert from Britain
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Flummery

Flummery logo #10101) Mummery 2) Rot
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  1. a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal
  2. meaningless ceremonies and flattery

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Flummery

Flummery logo #21000 Flummery is a starch-based sweet soft dessert pudding known to have been popular in Britain and Ireland from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. ==History and etymology== The name is first known in Gervaise Markham`s 1623 Countrey Contentments, or English Huswife (new ed.) vi. 222 `From this small Oat-meale, by oft steeping it in water and .....
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flummery logo #22641anything insipid; empty compliment; humbug
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Flummery

Flummery logo #21002• (n.) A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a sort of pap. • (n.) Something insipid, or not worth having; empty compliment; trash; unsubstantial talk of writing.
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Flummery

Flummery logo #20972Flum'mer·y noun [ W. llumru , or llumruwd , a kind of food made of oatmeal steeped in water until it has turned sour, from llumrig harsh, raw, crude, from llum sharp, severe.] 1. A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a sort of pap. « Milk and ...
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Flummery

Flummery logo #21217In Wales, flummery was a food made of oatmeal steeped in water and kept until it had turned sour.
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flummery logo #20400[n] - a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal
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flummery

flummery logo #20974 noun a bland custard or pudding especially of oatmeal
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flummery

flummery logo #21199oatmeal or flour boiled with water until thick. · fruit custard or blancmange usually thickened with cornstarch. · any of various dishes made of flour, milk, eggs, sugar, etc. · complete nonsense; foolish humbug.
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