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pickwick (53 words)
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thou varlet!, by trivet
a blob of glup, by trivet
Gustatories, by bard
logophilia, by minethlos
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and finally among the lamellibranch bivalves, that most depraved of the whole sub-species - the whelk. the whelk is nothing but a homosexual of the worst kind. this gay boy of the gastropods, this queer crustacean, this mincing mollusk, this screaming, prancing, limp-wristed queen of the deep makes me sick!
Scungilli being an Italian-American corruption of the Neapolitan word sconciglio. :-)
Also called a scungilli in the U.S.
From whom am I to take my marching orders? From men who fancy they are Admirable Crichtons,...but who have not got sufficient brains and ability to run a whelk stall?
--J. Burns, 13 January 1894, in South-Western Star