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noungiffle-gaffle (uncountable)
- obsoleteslanguncountableNonsense.
Giffle gaffle! No boy should ever be told that!
2015, Stephen Jarvis, Death and Mr Pickwick1 more example
I exchanged glances with Molly over this endless giffle-gaffle: chatter of conquests and concubines, bawdhouses and laudanum.
2016, William Sutton, Lawless and the Flowers of Sin
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giffle-gaffle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giffle-gaffle
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