flamdoodle

English

Noun

flamdoodle (plural flamdoodles)

1. Alternative form of flapdoodle
   • 1902, Will Nathaniel Harben, Abner Daniel: the "David Harum" of the South, page 82:

     Durned ef I don't like 'er better without a hat on than with all the fluffy flamdoodle that gals put on when they go out.

   • 1965, Hart Crane, Letters, 1916-1932, page 52:

     If he doesn't watch his lenses, M. Ray will allow the Dada theories and other flamdoodle of his section run him off his track.

   • 1968, John Boynton Priestley, The Image Men, page 111:

     I'm crazy about Dr Tuby, but that doesn't mean I'm ready to believe in you and your Institute and this image flamdoodle — ' '

   • 2013, Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock, page 81:

     Or was there really something in all this flamdoodle about looking for the lost sheilas that made sense?

Verb

flamdoodle (third-person singular simple present flamdoodles, present participle flamdoodling, simple past and past participle flamdoodled)

1. Alternative form of flapdoodle.
   • 1916, McClure's Magazine - Volume 46, page 27:

     We graft on the state an overcharge it an' flamdoodle it, forgetting that we are the state, an buncoing ourselves.

   • 1925, William Caine, Lady Sheba's Last Stunt, page 185:

     It was good enough to flamdoodle Packer, but as a workable proposition it's simply not workable, Lady Sheba.

   • 1972, Moritz Adolph Jagendorf, Folk Stories of the South, page 18:

     He walked back , sore as a dog covered with ticks , knowing full well Sampson had been out just to flamdoodle him .