subs. (colloquial).—1. Nonsense; GAMMON (q.v.); flattery.
1785. GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v. Oatmeal and water boiled to a jelly; also compliments: neither … over-nourishing.
1836. M. SCOTT, Tom Cringle’s Log, ch. i. I shall … blow off as much of the froth as I can, in order to present the residuum free of FLUMMERY.
1846. THACKERAY, The Yellowplush Papers. ‘Mr. Deuceace at Paris.’ She swallowed Lord Crabs’s FLUMRY just as she would so many musharuins.
1854. WHYTE-MELVILLE, General Bounce, ch. xii. None of the dubious, half-expressed, sentimental FLUMMERY.
2. (American nautical).—A kind of bread pudding.—NORDHOFF.
3. (old).—Oatmeal and water boiled to a jelly.—GROSE (1785).
