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Definition of Boojums
1. boojum [n] - See also: boojum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Boojums
Literary usage of Boojums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"For, although common Snarks do no manner of harm, Yet I feel it my duty to say
Some are boojums—" The Bellman broke off in alarm, For the Baker had fainted ..."
2. The world's wit and humor: an encyclopedia of the classic wit and humor of by Lionel Strachey (1906)
"For, although common Snarks do no manner of harm, Yet I feel it my duty to say
Some are boojums—" The Bellman broke off in alarm, For the Baker had fainted ..."
3. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society by Bombay Natural History Society (1888)
"... the zoology has been very imperfectly, if at all, observed, and where the
local bis- cobras, if not bis-cobras, may at least turn out to be " boojums. ..."
4. Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences by Alfred Russel Wallace, James Marchant (1916)
"... interest and tell us what he knew about it, and would answer our numerous
questions if possible, or put us off with some joking reference to boojums or ..."
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