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Fudge   /fədʒ/   Listen
noun
Fudge  n.  A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; often an exclamation of contempt.


Fudge  n.  A kind of soft candy composed of sugar or maple sugar, milk, and butter, and often chocolate or nuts, boiled and stirred to a proper consistency.


verb
Fudge  v. t.  (past & past part. fudged; pres. part. fudging)  
1.
To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate. "Fudged up into such a smirkish liveliness."
2.
To foist; to interpolate. "That last "suppose" is fudged in."





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"Fudge" Quotes from Famous Books



... the first New Year's I have ever spent away from home," sighed Sara, nibbling chocolate fudge. "It does make me so blue to think of it. And not even a holiday—I'll have to go to work just the same. Now Ida here, she doesn't really need sympathy. She has holidays—a whole fortnight—and nothing ...
— Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 • Lucy Maud Montgomery
... skilfully he scamps his "shells"! How deftly spreads his sludge! And labours to defend his sells By special-pleading fudge! ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari Volume 98, January 4, 1890 • Various
... a breath of relief. "I didn't know but you had been—— Oh, fudge! I dropped them only a minute ago. Say, we've kicked up a rumpus around here, haven't we? That fellow who pulled Rack out of the drink saved me from getting a soaking, as I was just going overboard after Herb. Rack thought he wouldn't take a bath ...
— Rival Pitchers of Oakdale • Morgan Scott
... had disgraced herself and infuriated Hong by deciding to make fudge the last minute. Hong had finally relegated her to the laundry, and it was from this limbo that Martin, laughing joyously, extricated her, when, sticky and repentant, she had called for help. It was Martin who untied the ...
— Sisters • Kathleen Norris
... watch," challenged Lucile. "I'll wager a pound of my home-made fudge against a pound of Huyler's that we'll be back before the five ...
— Lucile Triumphant • Elizabeth M. Duffield


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