tripe and onions

noun

Nonsense; folly.

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Meanings

nountripe and onions (uncountable)
  1. colloquialuncountableNonsense; folly.

    Well, sir, there he was standing up spouting a lot of tripe and onions and Miss Seeton was taking the odd note.

    1971, Heron Carvic, Witch Miss Seeton, page 59
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    All that nonsense about charms and protection against witches. . . . It's a lot of tripe and onions, that's what it is.

    1996, Constance Laux, Touched by Magic, page 234

    “It's gammon and pickles. That's what it is. Angels and wishes and answers to prayers! Really, Miss Gordon, it's tripe and onions!”

    1996, Janice Bennett, Karen Ranney, Doreen Owens Malek, Angel Love, page 214

    Synonyms: gammon, gammon and pickles, tripe

  2. uncountableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tripe, onion.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounNonsense; folly.

Similar
gammongammon and picklestripe
Also see
gammon and picklespickles
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APA

tripe and onions. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tripe%20and%20onions

MLA

“tripe and onions.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tripe%20and%20onions. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tripe and onions,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tripe%20and%20onions.

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