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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Of uncertain origin: cf. Dan.

balder

noise, clatter, and E.

dash

; hence, perhaps, unmeaning noise, then hodgepodge, mixture; or W.

baldorduss

a prattling,

baldordd

baldorddi

, to prattle.]

A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.

Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both name and nature, and is called

balderdash

Taylor (Drink and Welcome).

Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.

Verb.

To mix or adulterate, as liquors.

The wine merchants of Nice brew and

balderdash

, and even
mix it with pigeon’s dung and quicklime.

Smollett.

Noun.

Mean, senseless prate; a jargon of words; ribaldry; anything jumbled together without judgment.

Verb.

To mix or adulterate liquors.