The Selected Poems of Roald Dahl Glossary

By Polly Barbour · Edited by Patrick Kennedy · Last reviewed October 13, 2019

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Written by Polly Barbour

Install

Fit, connect, put one in

Idiotic

Stupid

Gaping

Starng open mouthed

Loll

Sit in a slovenly manner

Hypnotized

Put into a trance

Ghastly

Horrible, tasteless

Contented

Happy and relaxed

Great Scott!

Holy cow!

Gadzooks!

Wow!

Nursery

Child's playroom

Galore

In large quantities

Wondrous

Fantatic, amazing

Muffled

Silenced, made quieter

Cannibals

Tribal people who eat human flesh

Dirty Rotter

A bad person, a scoundrel

Nauseating

Something that makes one feel sick

Repulsive

Nasty, repugnant

Massive

Huge

Sums

Arithmetic

Alas

Unfortunately

By gum

Goodness gracious

Pigswill

Pig food

Hunch

Feeling, inkling

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