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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Flummery

· Flum·mer·y · IPA /ˈflʌməɹi/
01 n. A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a sort of pap.
  1. 1.
    A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a sort of pap.
    “Milk and flummery are very fit for children.” Locke.
  2. 2.
    Something insipid, or not worth having; empty compliment; trash; unsubstantial talk of writing.
    “The flummery of modern criticism.” — J. Morley.