la-de-da
Example Sentences
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The first gloom and glee, depending on allegiance, came in the 48th minute when Spain got a bit too la-de-da with a clearance.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2022
What Bette Davis dislikes most about Hollywood is its la-de-da parties and glamor girls.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the caravanserai at Miandasht, Abdul's failure to appreciate our whilom and egotistical friend, the la-de-da telegraph-jee, at his own valuation comes near resulting in a serious fracas.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens
Then I would get a big ulster with 17 astrakhan fur, and take my cane and do the la-de-da down Piccadilly.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson
I've always noticed it's the fastidious, la-de-da ones that turn out the rottenest.
From The Valley of the Moon by Jack London
