slithy

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When Carroll informs us that it was brillig, and that the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe, we (somehow) have an idea of what he is talking about.

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  • When Carroll informs us that it was brillig, and that the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe, we (somehow) have an idea of what he is talking about. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 2
  • Everywhere Anna turned in this wretched investigation, it seemed there was a slithy-tove of good old boys plopped down between her and her immediate objective. —  Hunting Season
  • Yes, there's the de rigeur steampunk clocks and turning cogs and steel scraps and some kind of slithy tove rising up out of the mudflats, covered ankle-deep in water. —  Second Thoughts
  • "'Twas brillig and the slithy toves were whooping it up in the —  Naudsonce
  • They all made recordings of the speech about the slithy toves in the Malemute Saloon; Lillian wanted to find out what was different about them. —  Naudsonce
 

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