"vlother" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Regarded by the English Dialect Dictionary as a dialectal form of flother; see that entry for more. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} vlother (uncountable)
  1. (UK, dialectal) Nonsense; incoherent or nonsensical talk. Tags: UK, dialectal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-vlother-en-noun-Fz2UD0Bb Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1839, Windshaw, The Wizard of Windhsaw, a Tale of the Seventeenth Century, page 204:",
          "text": "\"What, in the fiend's name, be the meaning of all this vlother? \" peevishly exclaimed the miller, though still keeping his voice within the prescribed pitch […]",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "1912, W. H. Kersey, The Darksome Maids of Bagleere: A Somerset Tale, page 166:",
          "text": "\"'Od's nonsense and vlother! How did he account for 't ? Cows short o' water, I'll be bound. Thic be a likely tale, when we gets short milk, an' poor milk, skimmed to death.[…]\"",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "1922, Samuel Robinson Littlewood, Somerset and the Drama, page 89:",
          "text": "Zecond thing: what 'st think volk 'ud want to bide and hark to such vlother vor! Hear enough o't daylight, I count, 'thouse buttowling about down round there, darkynight, a-gaping at a stage! Thee bissen gwain thee ownzelf, bist, Farmer?\" \"I gwain!\" said Farmer Boggis.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 October 4, Joan Aiken, The Weeping Ash, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN:",
          "text": "[…] all of a vlother; 'e couldn' get no sleep 'count of its hollerings and carryings on.[…]",
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