Crossword clues for whangdoodle
whangdoodle
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Whangdoodle \Whang"doo`dle\, n. An imaginary creature, of undefined character. [Slang]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
name of an imaginary creature or thing, 1858, American English, fanciful formation.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context often humorous English) A whimsical monster in folklore and children's fiction; a bugbear. 2 (context obsolete English) (non-gloss definition: Term of disparagement) 3 (context poker English) A ruling in which the opening stake limits are doubled for the next play after the appearance of a very good hand.
Wikipedia
The Whangdoodle is a fanciful creature in folklore and children's literature, most notably used by British authors Roald Dahl and Julie Andrews. Popularized by a sermon parody attributed to William P. Brannan as "Where the lion roareth and the whangdoodle mourneth for her first-born," published in The Harp of a Thousand Strings: Or, Laughter for a Lifetime (1858). Whangdoodle is also an earlier term for a "fanciful formation" or a "gadget . . . thing for which the correct name is not known."
Usage examples of "whangdoodle".
Nothing but thick jungles infested by the most dangerous beasts in the world — hornswogglers and snozzwangers and those terrible wicked whangdoodles.
They had to live in tree houses to escape from the whangdoodles and the hornswogglers and the snozzwangers.