Re: Need definitions for unusual words

[Julie Beck <jbeck@OISE.ON.CA>]

Hi, have you tried contacting wordsmith@viper.elp.cwru.edu?

On Tue, 15 Nov 1994, Kristine Littrell wrote:

> A senior teacher in our English department has encountered two words in
> pieces of literature he teaches which we have been unable to find listed
> in any of the usual resources.  I have the old OED and a good unabridged
> dictionary.  He is interested in the Internet and if we can answer his
> question I know he will be most impressed.
> The first word is dockle, a word referring to a character in A Tree Grows
> in Brooklyn, and the second is bruffing, a sound in The Catbird Seed by
> Thurber.  I suggested that the respective authors made these words up, but
> he is not buying that explanation.
> Thanks.
> Kristine Littrell
> kmt7652@rit.edu
> Pittsford Mendon H.S.
> Pittsford, NY
>