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B

Bagglepipes – bagpipes

Bogglebox – a school for boy

bootbogglers – military

bopmuggered – caught

C

cannybully  - cannibal

chatbags – chatterbox

childers - children

crodsquinkled – caught

crumpet – trumpet

D

delumptious – delicious

despunge - deplore

E

earbursting – loud

exundly – exactly

F

figglers – fingers

fluckgugled – caught

flushbunkled – caught

frothbuggling – silly

G

giggler – little girl

gloriumptious – glorious and wonderful

glummy – yummy

glumptious – scrumptious

goggler – eye

gunzleswiped – caught

J

Jiggyraffes – giraffes

Word list filed with the first draft of The BFG [1981] ©RDNL, courtesy The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre

K

kiddles – children

M

majester – the queen

murderfoul - murderous

Q

quogwinkle – an alien from space

R

rummytot - nonsense

rumpledumpus – rumpus

S

scrumdiddlyumptious – scrumptious

scuddling – scurrying

sloshfuking - godforsaken

snitching – stealing

splitzwiggled – caught

svollop – demolish

swalloped – swallowed

swatchscollop – disgusting food

swigpill – disgusting food

swigpill – swill

swizzfiggling – deceiving

swogswallowed – caught

T

telly-telly Bunkum box - television

W

whoopsey – little

Project

Year 6

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