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  1. n. a fictional animal with two heads at opposing ends of its body, in Hugh Lofting's The Story of Doctor Dolittle.
  2. adj. conflicting or contradictory.

Examples

  • “And that's the thing -- partly a review, partly an overview, partly a pushmi-pullyu -- that is now available both in the print edition and via the website as a PDF, as are all the articles.”

    Archive 2008-05-01

  • “So the monkeys traveled back with the pushmi-pullyu.”

    The Story of Doctor Dolittle

  • “First he went traveling through the land with the pushmi-pullyu in a gipsy-wagon, stopping at all the country-fairs.”

    The Story of Doctor Dolittle

  • “Poor Gub-Gub was dreadfully frightened; and the pushmi-pullyu began to sharpen his horns for a fight by rubbing them on the mast of the ship; while Jip kept springing into the air and barking and calling Ben Ali bad names in dog-language.”

    The Story of Doctor Dolittle

  • “And the pushmi-pullyu would stay inside the wagon, while the other animals would lie about underneath.”

    The Story of Doctor Dolittle

  • “And after they had gone a good many miles, one of them found peculiar footprints near the edge of a river; and they knew that a pushmi-pullyu must be very near that spot.”

    The Story of Doctor Dolittle

  • “Then the pushmi-pullyu, the white mouse, Gub-Gub, Dab-Dab, Jip and the owl, Too-Too, went on to the ship with the Doctor.”

    The Story of Doctor Dolittle

  • “Yes, I'll go," said the pushmi-pullyu who saw at once, from the”

    The Story of Doctor Dolittle

  • “But you could not do this with the pushmi-pullyu -- because, no matter which way you came towards him, he was always facing you.”

    The Story of Doctor Dolittle

  • “And the pushmi-pullyu took the little boy on his back and gave him a ride round the dining-room table; while all the other animals followed behind, beating the dish-covers with spoons, pretending it was a parade.”

    The Story of Doctor Dolittle

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