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To exclaim exultingly, with a noisy chuckle and snort
Two meanings packed up into one word (formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two different words)
Lithe (active) and slimy
Fuming, and furious
To move heavily and clumsily
Buxom, and manly
Sharp or deadly, as a weapon
A fantastical dreaded monster with flaming eyes (meaning 'the fruit of much excited discussion')
A strange and mysterious creature (possibly dangerous) that is suitable for hunting
Great, fair, wonderful, joyous or fabulous
A swift moving creature with snapping jaws, capable of extending its neck
A thin shabby-looking bird with its feathers sticking out all round, something like a live mop
Flimsy and miserable
A particularly dangerous variety of ‘snark'
Four o'clock in the afternoon, the time when you begin broiling things for dinner
The grass plot around a sundial or the side of a hill (from its being soaked by rain)
A state of mind when the voice is gruffish, the manner roughish, and the temper huffish
To fight with a knife, or the sound that action makes
A species of land turtle with a mouth like a shark and a smooth green body that may have lost its way
A desperate bird that lives in perpetual passion
Bleated, murmured, or warbled
To make holes in the manner of a gimlet
To rotate, or scratch like a dog
Something between bellowing and whistling, with a kind of sneeze in the middle
A creature that is part badger, part lizard, and part corkscrew that feeds on cheese
Thick, dense, dark, and gloomy
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