la-de-da
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The first gloom and glee, depending on allegiance, came in the 48th minute when Spain got a bit too la-de-da with a clearance.
From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022
What Bette Davis dislikes most about Hollywood is its la-de-da parties and glamor girls.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The point is that when I was going in, this la-de-da clerk of his, Cecil Gillis, was coming out.
From Murder in the Gunroom by Piper, H. Beam
A sort of Lydia Languish, la-de-da kind of a girl.
From The Confessions of Artemas Quibble by Train, Arthur Cheney
Then I would get a big ulster with 17 astrakhan fur, and take my cane and do the la-de-da down Piccadilly.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Stevenson, Robert Louis