"twaddlemonger" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: twaddlemongers [plural]
Etymology: twaddle + monger Etymology templates: {{compound|en|twaddle|monger}} twaddle + monger Head templates: {{en-noun}} twaddlemonger (plural twaddlemongers)
  1. (rare, humorous, derogatory) one who writes or publishes twaddle Tags: derogatory, humorous, rare
    Sense id: en-twaddlemonger-en-noun-T~vqebq5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "text": "the twaddlemonger of lower George-street",
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          "ref": "1948 March 15, Ruthven Todd. Contribution to \"To Be or Not: 5 Opinions on R. P. Blackmur's The Good European\". The Tiger's Eye vol. 1 no. 3 p. 68",
          "text": "By a twaddlemonger trash will be enthusiastically received, while anything more serious will be dismissed as highbrow and unintelligible."
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        {
          "ref": "2011, Steve Hockensmith, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dreadfully Ever After, page 142",
          "text": "So, all the way from Section Four South to Section One North, Kitty had synopsized her favorite romance novel by the writer Mrs. Radcliffe (whom Mr. Bennet usually referred to as “the noted twaddlemonger Mrs. Rotwit”).",
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