"Mountweazel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Mountweazels [plural]
Etymology: Coined by Henry Alford in the The New Yorker from an entry for a fictitious Lillian Virginia Mountweazel in the 1975 edition of the New Columbia Encyclopedia. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Mountweazel (plural Mountweazels)
  1. A nihilartikel. Wikipedia link: New Columbia Encyclopedia, The New Yorker Synonyms: mountweazel Hypernyms: copyright trap
    Sense id: en-Mountweazel-en-noun-aTTbIXtJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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