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cods⋅wal⋅lop

  [kodz-wol-uhp]
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–noun British Slang.
nonsense; rubbish.
Origin:
1960–65; orig. obscure
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cods·wal·lop   (kŏdz'wŏl'əp)   
n.   Chiefly British Slang
Nonsense; rubbish.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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codswallop 
said to be from 19c. (but first attested 1963), perhaps from wallop, British slang for "beer," and cod in one of its various senses, perhaps "testicles."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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