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- noun Plural form of
poltergeist .
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Examples
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We have it on good authority that some victims lingering on the spot could be classified as poltergeists.
Revealers Amanda Marrone 2008
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I do still think our house is haunted: but, by the ghost of James Thurber; not poltergeists.
Elizabeth Boleman-Herring: The Squirrel Amongst the Razors in Occam's Butter Churn Elizabeth Boleman-Herring 2012
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A call-in talk show that invites listeners to share scary stories about vampires and poltergeists, it is a bona fide cult phenomenon.
WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR FEBRUARY 21ST | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews 2010
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I got a lot of laugh-out-loud moments from it, but wasn't completely satisfied with the plot; Death and the Discworld are to be under threat from, respectively, Elder Beings and supernatural supermarkets, and I didn't feel it hung together as a whole (a subplot about poltergeists, for instance, is simply abandoned).
April Books 18) The Hanging Garden, by Ian Rankin nwhyte 2010
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So the poltergeists of the post-industrial world return, embodied with typical postmodern drollery.
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I do still think our house is haunted: but, by the ghost of James Thurber; not poltergeists.
Elizabeth Boleman-Herring: The Squirrel Amongst the Razors in Occam's Butter Churn Elizabeth Boleman-Herring 2012
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What do they have poltergeists loading the shells/charges?
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Ghosts are creepy and wander around, walking through walls and stuff, but poltergeists latch onto one target (usually a teenage girl during times of stress, but there have been younger and older people of both genders) and torment them.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » This is a cool concept… 2009
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Planes circled the airport like poltergeists over cursed ground.
Brokedown on I55 Joshua Moses 2011
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Oh, when you were listing supernatural things, you missed poltergeists.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » This is a cool concept… 2009
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