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:T'was brillig, and the slithy toves
:Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
:All mimsy were the borogoves,
:And the mome raths outgrabe.
:Beware the jabberwock, my son.
:The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
:Beware the jubjub bird, and shun
:The frumious Bandersnatch!
::â�� Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1862-1863 ¹

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1. An obscure, fictional creature mentioned in w:Lewis Carroll|Lewis Carroll's poems.

• 2006-07-22 00:18 - Rodasmith - headword pos line

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