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The word flummery means empty or meaningless language, most often applied to sycophantic flattery or praise. It can also mean a soft, starchy pudding dessert.

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The king accepted the flummery of his advisors, ignoring the discontent of the populace.

The overdrawn, sluggish debates in Congress are decried as flummery by its critics.

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The word flummery means empty or meaningless language, most often applied to sycophantic flattery or praise. It can also mean a soft, starchy pudding dessert.

Example:

The king accepted the flummery of his advisors, ignoring the discontent of the populace.

The overdrawn, sluggish debates in Congress are decried as flummery by its critics.

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It is a piece of flummery, or spin. It simply means 'shared accomodation' or two beds in the one room, not 2 rooms.

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pickled cucumbers, kale & onions, boiled potatoes, duck, ham, gingerbread, sweets, cakes, tarts, jellies, floating islands, tea, coffee, punch, wine, and beer.

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coquetting, dallying, flightiness, flippancy, flirting, flummery, folly, fribble, frippery, frivolousness, fun, gaiety, game, giddiness, jest, levity, lightheartedness, lightness, nonsense, play, puerility, shallowness, sport, superficiality, toying, trifling, triviality, volatility, whimsicality, whimsy

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