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单词 boojum
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Definition of boojum in English:

boojum

nounˈbuːdʒəmˈbo͞ojəm
  • An imaginary dangerous animal.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He stood in the doorway for a few moments, wearing in wide leather trousers, his chest bare but for a chain of boojum claws.
    • Mine seem to vanish as though a plague of boojums is lurking in the corner of my hallway.

Origin

1876: nonsense word coined by Lewis Carroll in The Hunting of the Snark.

 
 

Definition of boojum in US English:

boojum

nounˈbo͞ojəm
  • An imaginary dangerous animal.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Mine seem to vanish as though a plague of boojums is lurking in the corner of my hallway.
    • He stood in the doorway for a few moments, wearing in wide leather trousers, his chest bare but for a chain of boojum claws.

Origin

1876: nonsense word coined by Lewis Carroll in The Hunting of the Snark.

 
 
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