Callithumpian definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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He had been entertaining a regular callithumpian parade of Red Cross commissioners from America, and he probably felt that he had seen the worst and that this was just another cross.

—The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me

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Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump.

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of or relating to a callithump

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He had been entertaining a regular callithumpian parade of Red Cross commissioners from America, and he probably felt that he had seen the worst and that this was just another cross. — The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me
Cabarets, bean-counting contests, lotteries and callithumpian methods generally marked a period in Canada's recruiting history not pleasant to review, and which brought discredit upon the entire voluntary enlistment system as a permanent method of filling up armies. — Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights