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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
codswallop
noun
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▪ I think that's a right load of old codswallop, and Tom agrees with me.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
codswallop

said to be from 19c. (but first attested 1963), perhaps from wallop, British slang for "beer," and cod in one of its various senses, perhaps "testicles."

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codswallop

n. (context UK slang English) Senseless talk or writing; nonsense.

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codswallop

n. nonsensical talk or writing [syn: folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce]

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Codswallop

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Off he goes, filling our ears with endless, colicky speeches about the honor of the Ninth and all that Miles Gloriosus codswallop, when the truth is that he just fancies a sliver of stuffed pike now and again.