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An extinct kind of parrot. They had no wings, beaks turned up, and made their nests under sundials; lived on veal.
A thin shabby-looking bird with its feathers sticking out all round — something like a live mop. The first ‘o’ in ‘borogoves’ is pronounced like the ‘o’ in ‘worry’. Jeebus dude, you look as mimsy as a borogove
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| 2. | borogove | ||
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Charles Dodgson's nonsense word, found in 'Jabberwocky'. Approximates to a 'copse' or 'glade' but with connotations of paludality or murkiness. "All mimsy were the borogoves
And the mome raths outgrabe" |
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