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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
hubbuboo en · INTJ
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An indication of surprise, astonishment, or pleasure.
"Where do you get them yourself, Jack?" said the Merrow, with a knowing look. - "Hubbubboo," cries Jack, "now I see how it is; but I suppose, sir, your honour has got a fine dhry cellar below to keep them in."
1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 530:And serve the bureaucratic horde right (we thought) if the goat turned out to be a descendant of the Great Black Goat of Buzangay! Aié! Wow! Hubbubboo! Help! Miséricorde! Run! Run!
1948 February 25, D. B. Wyndham Lewis, “Standing By...”, in The Tatler and Bystander, London, page 242, column 1:
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hubbuboo en · NOUN
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(Ireland, archaic) A hubbub; a noisy disturbance.
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