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poppycock

[pop-ee-kok] / ˈpɒp iˌkɒk /


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Meghan Markle was forbidden by the royal family to say "poppycock" in an episode of the legal drama "Suits," the show's creator Aaron Korsh shared in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

From Salon Aug. 29, 2023

But its various figments and narratives had merged, as such poppycock tends to do, with an older and homegrown genre of German extremism.

From Seattle Times Dec. 9, 2022

Her arguments are pure poppycock, either totally absurd or completely useless.

From New York Times Feb. 29, 2020

Another of Mr Corbyn's allies at Westminster, shadow international development secretary Diane Abbott, told the BBC rumours she could replace Mr Benn as shadow foreign secretary were "poppycock and piffle".

From BBC Jan. 4, 2016

To put it bluntly: OOS, OOM is poppycock, balderdash, rubbish, and nonsense.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood




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