Usually means: Desserts made from cooked fruit.
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  1. flummeries: Merriam-Webster
  2. flummeries: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. flummeries: Collins English Dictionary
  4. flummeries: Vocabulary.com
  5. flummeries: Wiktionary
  6. flummeries: Dictionary.com
  7. Flummeries: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. flummeries: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See flummery as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (flummery)

noun:  A custard; any of several bland, gelatinous foodstuffs, usually made from stewed fruit and thickened with oatmeal, cornstarch or flour.
noun:  (historical, specifically) A slightly tart, jelly-like food of Welsh origin, made from extensively boiling oats, then boiling down the liquid extracted from it.
noun:  Empty or meaningless talk, especially when used to flatter.
noun:  Pretentious trappings, useless ornaments used to impress.
noun:  Deceptive or blustering speech.
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