flummery

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Others include jugged hare and flummery - an oat-based fermented jelly, associated with farmhouse production and poverty.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

"But he really just wanted to cut through all the flummery and get people to see him for what he was."

From Fox News • Apr. 18, 2021

His career in flummery and flimflam was launched when he left reform school at age 14 to work as a Coney Island pitchman, then joined Dr. W.H.

From Washington Post • Aug. 8, 2018

Ultimately, Dynamo's brand of streetbound trickery isn't about eloquence or flummery.

From The Guardian • Jul. 6, 2013

It sounded like a lot of flummery to Drave, but what did he know?

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor