Meanings
- idiomaticuncountableAn adventure or active endeavor that is characterized by, often humorous, errors.
Though history could still be perilous, as the thud and blunder of Jean's own, lowercase, romance had proved.
2012, Lillian Stewart Carl, The Blue Hackle, page 52 more examples
The hard-hitting, action packed, thud and blunder adventure fantasy was a commodity during that somber decade: Americans paid money to forget their troubles, and the pulps were willing to sell.
1983, Gary Hoppenstand, Ray Broadus Browne, The Defective Detective in the Pulps, page 2England manager Gareth Southgate will have struggled to decide whether his glass was half-full or half-empty as he reflected on a thud and blunder night against Kosovo at St Mary's
2019 September 10, Phil McNulty, “'England horribly fallible in defence' against Kosovo in Euro 2020 qualifying”, in BBC Sport
Origin
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