stuff and nonsense
Noun
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Noun
stuff and nonsense (uncountable)
- rubbish, foolishness, poppycock
- 1859, George Eliot, Adam Bede, Chapter XL,
- "Stuff and nonsense!" said Bartle, forgetting in his irritation to whom he was speaking. "I beg your pardon, sir, I mean it's stuff and nonsense for the innocent to care about her being hanged. […] "
- 1865, Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 12,
- “It’s a pun!” the King added in an angry tone, and everybody laughed. “Let the jury consider their verdict,” the King said, for about the twentieth time that day.
- “No, no!” said the Queen. “Sentence first—verdict afterwards.”
- “Stuff and nonsense!” said Alice loudly. “The idea of having the sentence first!”
- 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Chapter XXVI,
- "I wrote it last Monday evening. It's called 'The Jealous Rival; or In Death Not Divided.' I read it to Marilla and she said it was stuff and nonsense. Then I read it to Matthew and he said it was fine. That is the kind of critic I like. […] "
- 1859, George Eliot, Adam Bede, Chapter XL,
- See: Thesaurus:nonsense
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