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Definition of "brillig" [brillig]

  • A nonce word in Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky, explained by Humpty Dumpty as "four o'clock in the afternoon — the time when you begin broiling things for dinner." (noun)

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Use "brillig" in a sentence
  • "National Debt Clock (www. brillig.com/debt_clock)."
  • "I see no need why I need to get Department of the Treasury numbers from brillig.com when I can get Department of the Treasury numbers directly from the Department of the Treasury."
  • "“Twas brillig, and the slivy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe…”"
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