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fidfad
fidfad, n. and a. (ˈfɪdfæd) [Short for fiddle-faddle.] A. n. a. One who gives fussy attention to trifles. b. A petty matter of detail, a crotchet.1754 World No. 95 The youngest..is, in everything she does, an absolute fidfad. 1875 Mrs. E. Lynn Linton Patricia Kemball II. 31 The fidfads, called impro... Oxford English Dictionary
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fix-fax
▪ I. fix-fax1 (ˈfɪksfæks) Also 9 dial. fic-fac, fig-fag. [See the variant pax-wax.] The thick tendon in the neck of cattle or sheep.[c 1280 W. de Biblesworth in Promp. Parv. 388 Et si ad le wenne (fex wex) au col derere.] c 1460 J. Russell Bk. Nurture 444 In þe nek þe fyxfax þat þow do away. [c 1500... Oxford English Dictionary
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fad
▪ I. fad, n.1 dial. (fæd)1825 Brockett Gloss. N.C. Words 66 Fad, faud, a bundle of straw, twelve of which make a thrave. 1863 Robson Bards of Tyne 135 Aw' thowt aboot the fad o' straw.▪ II. fad, n.2 (fæd) [Etym. unknown; widely current in dialects (chiefly midland), and thence recently adopted in ge... Oxford English Dictionary
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flim-flam
▪ I. flim-flam, n. and a. (ˈflɪmflæm) Also 6 ? flym flawe. [One of the many onomatopœic reduplications expressive of contempt; cf. fidfad, skimble-skamble, whimwham. Possibly based on a Scandinavian word which may have existed in some Eng. dialects; cf. ON. flim a lampoon, flimska mockery, flimta to... Oxford English Dictionary
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