What does fol-de-rol mean?
Fol-de-rol means Nonsense word traditional to English ballads and madrigals..
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/ˈfɒl.də.ɹɒl/ · interjection
Nonsense word traditional to English ballads and madrigals..
Fol-de-rol and fiddle dee dee and fiddley faddley foddle. All the wishes in the world are poppycock and twaddle.
Use fol-de-rol when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fol-de-rol means Nonsense word traditional to English ballads and madrigals..
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Fol-de-rol and fiddle dee dee and fiddley faddley foddle. All the wishes in the world are poppycock and twaddle.
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