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bo·lo·ney

 (bə-lō′nē)
n.
1. Variant of bologna.
2. Variant of baloney2.
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boloney

(bəˈləʊnɪ)
n
1. a variant spelling of baloney
2. (Cookery) chiefly US another name for bologna sausage
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ba•lo•ney

or bo•lo•ney

(bəˈloʊ ni)

n.
1. Slang. foolishness; nonsense.
interj.
3. Slang. nonsense.
[1915–20, Amer.]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.boloney - pretentious or silly talk or writingboloney - pretentious or silly talk or writing
hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
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baloney

noun
Slang. Something that does not have or make sense:
Informal: tommyrot.
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References in periodicals archive ?
"He goes on with that ould boloney and bull***t all the time.
"He goes on about this boloney just for the punter.