Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 538
But how, alas, he was affected-He used the most peculiar terms; The elephants he once respected, But now he called them pachyderms; One crab he called a decapod, Which made it feel extremely odd. And when he mentioned protoplasm Or parallelepipedon,Each neighbor underwent a spasm, And hurried,… … 980 THE CASSOWARY, HIS VOCABULARY AND THE DICTIONARY
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