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tripe and onions en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (colloquial, uncountable) Nonsense; folly.
   • Well, sir, there he was standing up spouting a lot of tripe and onions and Miss Seeton was taking the odd note. 1971, Heron Carvic, Witch Miss Seeton, page 59:
   • “It's gammon and pickles. That's what it is. Angels and wishes and answers to prayers! Really, Miss Gordon, it's tripe and onions!” 1996, Janice Bennett, Karen Ranney, Doreen Owens Malek, Angel Love, page 214:
   • All that nonsense about charms and protection against witches. . . . It's a lot of tripe and onions, that's what it is. 1996, Constance Laux, Touched by Magic, page 234:
2. (uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tripe, onion.

Synonyms

gammon and pickles · gammon · tripe