See Also: Sherwood Forest(tourism)
Sherwood Forest(dictionary)
Sherwood Forest(encyclopedia)
Newark and Sherwood(tourism)
Anderson, Sherwood(encyclopedia)
Anderson, Sherwood(dictionary)
Sherwood (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Newark and Sherwood flights(tourism)
Newark and Sherwood car rental(tourism)
Newark and Sherwood airports(tourism)

flummery (iou) and Sherwood Forest (sh)


flummery (iou)



flummery noun. E17.
[Welsh llymru, perh. rel. to llymrig bare, soft, slippery.]
A dish made with boiled, jellied oat- or wheatmeal. E17.
b. Any of various sweet dishes made with milk, flour, eggs, gelatin, etc. L17.
Flattery, empty compliment; nonsense, humbug. M18.
Thackeray These petitioners..begin with a fine flummery about the..eminent genius of the person whom they are addressing.
b. collect. Trifles, useless trappings or ornaments. L19.
A. Fraser Even the celebration of Christmas was denounced as being a piece of Popish flummery.

Sherwood Forest (sh)




Woodland, Nottinghamshire, England.

A former royal hunting ground that is known for its association with the legendary Robin Hood, Sherwood Forest formerly occupied almost all of western Nottinghamshire and extended into Derbyshire. Today a reduced area of woodland remains between Nottingham and Worksop.