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falderal, folderol|ˌfældəˈræl, ˌfɒldəˈrɒl|
Also fal de rol.
1. As a meaningless refrain in songs.
1701Farquhar Sir H. Wildair iv. ii. Wks. (Rtldg.) 554/2 Wildair [sings] Fal, al, deral! [1864Browning Mr. Sludge Fol-de-rol-de-rido liddle iddle-ol.]
2. A gewgaw, trifle; a flimsy thing.
c1820Hogg Basil Lee in Tales & Sk. (1837) III. 56 ‘He'll flee frae ae falderall til anither a' the days o' his life.’ 1879E. Garrett House by Works II. 154 That his darling might never want for fal-de-rals. 1881Mrs. C. Praed Policy & P. I. 118 The little piebald is far too 'cute to trust her legs on that English fal-deral [a rickety fancy bridge].
attrib.1861Sala Dutch Pict. vi. 67 None of your fal-de⁓ral lavender boots, but rigid, unmistakeable shoes.
Hence ˌfaldeˈral v., in phr. to falderal it: to sing falderal, to sing unmeaning sounds.
1825L. Hunt Poems, Redi Bacchus 426 Falderallalling it With quips and triple rhymes. |