Crossword-Solution: POBBLE
We have 2 clues for the answer “POBBLE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Toeless creature in an Edward Lear verse | 1 answer |
| COINED BY EDWARD LEAR | 10 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ATEER
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with POBBLE (5)
For his Aunt Jobiska said, "No harm Can come to his toes if his nose is warm; And it's perfectly known that a Pobble's toes Are safe--provided he minds his nose." The Pobble swam fast and well, And when boats or ships came near him, He tinkledy-binkledy-winkled a bell So that all the world could hear him.
And when he came to observe his feet, Formerly garnished with toes so neat, His face at once became forlorn On perceiving that all his toes were gone! And nobody ever knew, From that dark day to the present, Whoso had taken the Pobble's toes, In a manner so far from pleasant.
Whether the shrimps or crawfish gray, Or crafty mermaids stole them away, Nobody knew; and nobody knows How the Pobble was robbed of his twice five toes! The Pobble who has no toes Was placed in a friendly Bark, And they rowed him back and carried him up To his Aunt Jobiska's Park.
Have you ever tried the experiment of saying some plain word, such as “dog,” thirty times? By the thirtieth time it has become a word like “snark” or “pobble.” It does not become tame, it becomes wild, by repetition.
But--why the pobble without its toes?' 'Why, the sculptor always surrenders colour, and the painted form.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2007).