Meaning of furphy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. An erroneous or improbable story; also, a rumour.
   Australia, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“I know⟳ wot I wus born fer now, an' soljerin's me game, / That's no furphy; but I never guessed it once; […]”

“‘Well, old boy, some other Top Persons have⟳ high-stepping wives who go to Nefertiti, and the furphy round the House is that they believe⟳ in the thing so solidly that they’ve convinced their husbands, and that’s what’s really at the back of it.’ / 'Now look⟳, you two, sober up a minute. This is serious. I think⟳ Bill’s furphy’s right.[…]’”

“A number⟳ of the furphies and fads in relation to public-sector agricultural R&D relate⟳ to attempts to increase⟳ demand⟳ for farm products in various ways.”

“He's off his lolly. It's just bloody Buka talk⟳. Another of their half-arsed furfies. And he knows it!”

“[Tim] Gartrell and [John] Faulkner also released Maurie Daly's letter, which was sent to us on Monday, to the media, putting the Liverpool furphies to rest⟳.”

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