riddles

Example Sentences

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Fibber's garrulous tarradiddles, the broguish comeuppances Molly metes out to him, the dated didos of his numerous stooges, are as familiar as the pattern of the living-room rug.

From Time Magazine Archive

I don't mean externals—parents, social sets or legal tarradiddles.

From Aliens by McFee, William

He laughed, with a droll look, and then explained that at home he was never allowed to tell tarradiddles.

From The Awakening of Helena Richie by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell

You have told me many tarradiddles before; now you want to make an ignorant fool of me.

From The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon by Gordon, J. M. (Joseph Maria)

"Well, it seems awfully puzzling," said I; "but I hope you don't think I have been indulging in—well, tarradiddles."

From A Crystal Age by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)