Meaning of runcible | Babel Free

Definitions

A nonce word used for humorous effect.

humorous, not-comparable

Examples

“They dined on mince and slices of quince, / Which they ate with a runcible spoon, / And hand in hand on the edge of the sand / They danced by the light⟳ of the moon,— / The moon, / They danced by the light⟳ of the moon.”

“The Dolomphious Duck, / who caught Spotted Frogs for her dinner / with a Runcible Spoon. […] The Rural Runcible Raven, / who wore a White Wig and flew away / with the Carpet Broom.”

“[chapter XI (Miss⟳ Perry is the Soul of Discretion), page 157] "I think⟳ the hat must flop a little too much," said Miss⟳ Perry, "in places. It makes people turn⟳ round to stare⟳ at it." / "Of course it does, you foolish person," said Jim, with little guffaws of rapture. "It is an absolute aboriginal runcible hat. How did you come⟳ by it? It seems to me there are deep minds in this." […] [chapter XIII (High Revel is Held in Hill Street), page 169] "I never saw⟳ such a creature," said Jim. "Those Gainsborough frocks and those runcible hats are maddening." / "Well, laddie," said Jim's mother, "you must paint⟳ her and make⟳ her and yourself famous."”

“Presently, out of breath, they arrive⟳ at the pier where the Badass and its division, four haze-gray piglets, are tied up, to find⟳ the runcible spoon fight⟳ just under way at the center of a weaving, cheering crowd of civilian and military drunks.”

“The miners of Talus push⟳ a runcible transfer⟳ gate, enmeshed in hardfields, into the giant planet's core. Here, they prompt thousands of tons of nickel-iron to squirt through underspace, via the gate, to a distant location. […] Silica sand billows into a runcible gate on the planet Fracan, where a desert is being vacuumed away to bedrock.”

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