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Definition of Panjandrums
1. panjandrum [n] - See also: panjandrum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Panjandrums
Literary usage of Panjandrums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1891)
"It is curious how at this particular time the consciences of all the great
panjandrums, who live in the hills, prick them into visiting and inspecting such ..."
2. Studies in English, Written and Spoken: For the Use of Continental Students by Cornelis Stoffel (1894)
"80), 70": " What (are) the great panjandrums who bring London to such passes ?
... 86), 111": "The great panjandrums of Officialdom .... would, ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1908)
"panjandrums. Llv. Age. 258: 632-4. S. Б, '08. Steele, Francesca Maria (Fanny) (Darley
Dal«, pseud.). ..."
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