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单词 poppycock
释义
poppycockpop‧py‧cock /ˈpɒpikɒk $ ˈpɑːpikɑːk/ noun [uncountable] old-fashioned Word Origin
WORD ORIGINpoppycock
Origin:
1800-1900 Dutch dialect pappekak ‘soft excrement’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Much of what he said was pure poppycock.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Compassionate capitalists know that all this talk of love is humbug and poppycock when people are hungry, homeless, and unhappy.
  • This seems to me to be mostly self-regarding poppycock.
nonsense
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