whangdoodle
Meaning
Noun
- A whimsical monster in folklore and children's fiction; a bugbear.
- A ruling in which the opening stake limits are doubled for the next play after the appearance of a very good hand.
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Origin
- Of American origin circa 1856. Popularized by appearing in a sermon parody attributed to w: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).
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