10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLUBDUB»
Discover the use of
flubdub in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
flubdub and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Poems of Eugene Field
Rumpty-tumpty, pimplety-pan — The flubdub courted a catamaran But timplety-
topplety, timpity-tare — The flubdub wedded the big blue bear! The fun began
With a pimplety-pan, When the catamaran Tore up a man And streaked the air
With ...
Eugene Field. For what cared she For the miseree The spider knew, When, tiddle
-de-doo, The flea ran off with the bugaboo! Rumpty-tumpty, pimplety-pan — The
flubdub courted a catamaran But timplety-topplety, timpity-tare — The flubdub ...
3
Business, the Magazine for Office, Store and Factory
He looked upon the golden rule as a bit of poetic flubdub. He limited his meaning
of the word "success" to getting rich. He didn't care what people thought of him as
long as he got the dividends. He was a heartless, unscrupulous, law-breaking ...
4
Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and ...
... mistake: The first crash was a flubbed landing J. DeFelice., The Sterlings
flubbed their third questionP. Case, J. Migliore. flubdub Am.col. 1. incompetence:
Theywouldremove muchofthe amateur flubdub NewYork Daily News, R.L.
Chapman.
5
The Superior Person's Second Book of Weird and Wondrous Words
Peter Bowler. jectivism. Not even a fitchew (q.v.) descends to the flagitious. Well .
. . not on a good day, at any rate. FLOCCULENT a. *£ Covered with soft woolly
tufts. Condition of a male teenager's face. FLUBDUB n. <#A glorious ...
6
The Scrabble Word-Building Book: Updated Edition
... flubs FLUBBED -; - FLORIST - florists FLUBDUB -; flubdubs FLORUIT - floruits
FLUENCY -; - FLOSS - flossy FLUISH -; - FLOSSIE - flossies FLUFF -; fluked,
FLOTA - flotas flukes, flukey FLOTAGE - flotages FLUKIER -; - FLOTSAM -
flotsams ...
7
Journalism: A Guide to the Reference Literature
That's what they're called, except when they're called flubdub." In the revised
edition "dingbat" is simply a "typographic decoration; also called a flubdub." "
Frisky furniture" is still "Wall Street Journal jargon for a dull article that was made
a bit ...
8
Prejudices: First Series
But there are no certainties. Ergo, one notion is as good as another, and if it
happens to be utter flubdub, so much the better — for it is precisely flubdub that
penetrates the popular skull with the greatest facility. The way is 46
PREJUDICES: ...
I listen to the 'flubdub, flubdub' of my heart and don't know what it is. There is no
body between the two sheets. The form of the body is not there. If the question is
asked, "What is there?" there is only an awareness of the points of contact, where
...
10
Large Fees and how to Get Them: A Book for the Private Use ...
"Really, Mr. , you ought to consult Dr. Flubdub about that feature of your case," a
doctor will say to a patient when he has about exhausted him on the fee
proposition. "That particular feature is a little out of my line. It needs the attention
of an ...
Albert V Harmon, George Frank Lydston, 1911
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLUBDUB»
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flubdub is used in the context of the following news items.
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Of course, the statement of William Jennings Bryan that Christianity is on trial is oratorical flubdub. No more accurate is the statement that the ... «The Daily Progress, Jul 15»
The Trinity man who took on the Klan
A pretentious “flubdub.” A “joke” and “an evil thing.” He suggested the Klan freely and knowingly admitted “thieves and bootleggers.” He called ... «Rocky Mount Telegram, Jun 15»
Venice Film Review: 'Olive Kitteridge'
The miniseries even sticks around long enough for Olive to meet another man, a “rich old flubdub” named Jack Kennison (Bill Murray, making a ... «Variety, Sep 14»
Film review: Lincoln - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident – that …
Tony Kushner's dialogue sparkles with colourful 19th-century slang (it's time for "shindy" and "flubdub" to come back into fashion), and he ... «The Independent, Jan 13»
'No Liar, No Cry' premieres in Beijing
According to the director, Xu Chuanhai, "though it's a comedy film, there is no spoof and flubdub in the plot. I hope that by virtue of this story, we ... «China.org.cn, Dec 11»
