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Examples
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All mimsy were the borogroves and the mothraths outgrabe.
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Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
Cornelius Hunter and the Mystery of the Missing Scientific Theory - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. fnxtr
Cornelius Hunter and the Mystery of the Missing Scientific Theory - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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"The mome rath isn't born that could outgrabe me."
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And, although I've largely quit participating in such meme-ish events and know well that when Louis Carrol wrote, "And the mome raths outgrabe," he actually meant, "and the meme routes sour grapes," I was tempted to participate in this online event because I love meatloaf, and yet, unlike so many traditional American dishes, this one I feel — for some reason — more than willing to play with.
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And, although I've largely quit participating in such meme-ish events and know well that when Louis Carrol wrote, "And the mome raths outgrabe," he actually meant, "and the meme routes sour grapes," I was tempted to participate in this online event because I love meatloaf, and yet, unlike so many traditional American dishes, this one I feel — for some reason — more than willing to play with.
Pancetta, Yet Again 2007
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But it fairly lost heart, and outgrabe in despair,
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But it fairly lost heart, and outgrabe in despair,
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` Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
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` Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
she commented on the word outgrabe
Humpty Dumpty, in Through the Looking-Glass:
"Well, outgrabing is something between bellowing and whistling, with a kind of sneeze in the middle: however, you'll hear it done, maybe—down in the wood yonder—and when you've once heard it you'll be quite content."
July 18, 2008