horsefeathers

horsefeathers
/hawrs"fedh'euhrz/, Slang.
n.
1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) something not worth considering.
2. rubbish; nonsense; bunk (used to express contemptuous rejection).
[1925-30, Amer.; HORSE + FEATHERS, as euphemism for HORSESHIT]

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