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  • adjective Thick, dense, dark (originally in reference to a wood).

Etymologies

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Nonsense coinage by Lewis Carroll.

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Examples

  • Mostly I think blogs have jousting jabberwockies wonkishly jabbering through the tulgey wood, and burbling as they come.

    "You are also a paid astrotroller." Ann Althouse 2008

  • I glanced to my left and saw that the eerie shadow of the Jabberwock had retreated somewhat within the tulgey wood.

    Sign of Chaos Zelazny, Roger 1987

  • It may come whiffling through the tulgey wood after your ass.

    Sign of Chaos Zelazny, Roger 1987

  • And as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wook, And burbled as it came!

    Through the Looking Glass 1899

  • I'm sure his verbal burble makes for gripping reading as he comes galumphing through the tulgey wood.

    The Democratic Daily 2009

  • And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!

    The Nation: Top Stories 2008

  • Congress will make its usual retreat into the tulgey wood.

    Prairie Weather 2008

  • The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And bur bled as it came! "

    Bottled Spider Gardner, John 2002

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  • Usually in reference to woods: thick, dense, and dark. Introduced by Lewis Carroll.

    May 15, 2009