whangdoodle

whangdoodle
noun /ˈwæŋ.du.dəl,ˈweɪŋ.du.dəl/
a) A whimsical monster in folklore and childrens fiction; a bugbear.

"Im n-n-not a tor-tor-tortoise," stuttered the curious creature, "Im a wha-wha-whang-whang-doodle.""A whangdoodle! Whats that?"

b) A ruling in which the opening stake limits are doubled for the next play after the appearance of a very good hand.

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains lies a happy hobo land where the boxcars are all empty, where there are cigaret trees and rock-and-rye springs and the whangdoodle sings.


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