| "Bah!," to Lady Macbeth |
New York Times |
13 Mar 2026 |
| Old-timey "Darn you!" |
LA Times Daily |
01 Mar 2026 |
| "Pshaw!" |
Premier Sunday |
01 Mar 2026 |
| "Bah!" |
New York Times |
26 Feb 2026 |
| Bard's "Bah!" |
Newsday |
01 Jan 2026 |
| "For shame!" |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Dec 2025 |
| "A pox on thee!" |
New York Times |
14 Oct 2025 |
| Quaint complaint |
Newsday |
07 Sep 2025 |
| "A pox upon thee!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Sep 2025 |
| "A pox upon thee!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Aug 2025 |
| "___, foh, and fum ..." ("King Lear" dialogue) |
|
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| "A pox upon you!" |
|
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| Outdated cry of disgust |
|
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| Outraged utterance of yore |
|
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| Archaic cry of disgust |
|
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| Archaic "For shame!" (rhymes with "pie") |
|
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| "Fee, ___, foe, fum" |
New York Times Mini |
14 Jun 2025 |
| Word of mock dismay (3) |
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| Quaint oath |
Newsday |
29 May 2025 |
| Shakespearean cry |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
16 May 2025 |
| Female around, inactive, expressing disapprobation (3) |
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| Feline infectious enteritis (abb) |
|
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| Quaint cry of outrage |
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| Disgusted expression as one pulls rabbit's head out of sack (3) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
04 Feb 2025 |
| A word of fierce reproof? (3) |
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| Fierce word of reproach? (3) |
|
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| Verbally mock opponent (3) |
|
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| Archaic cry of disgust |
|
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| Old-fashioned complaint |
Newsday |
15 Dec 2024 |
| 5-5, interjection of mock dismay (3) |
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| Expresses distaste, disapproval |
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| Old disapproval, somewhat amplified (3) |
|
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| Word of fierce reproof? (3) |
|
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| "King Lear" curse |
LA Times Daily |
31 Aug 2024 |
| Giant's curse |
|
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| Old-fashioned word of disapproval |
|
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| "Curses upon thee!" |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jul 2024 |
| "Fee_ foe furn" |
|
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| "Phooey!" |
Premier Sunday |
07 Jul 2024 |
| Fe, ___, fo, fum! |
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| "Fee, ___, foe, fum ...!" |
LA Times Daily |
24 Jun 2024 |
| Old-timey "ugh" |
LA Times Daily |
28 Apr 2024 |
| Word of Shakespearean outrage |
|
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| Old-fashioned word of disgust |
|
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| Word of reproach for being noisy, that is (3) |
|
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| "For shame", in Shakespeare plays |
|
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| Shakespearean word of disgust |
|
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| Shakespearean "Tsk!" |
New York Times |
12 Mar 2024 |
| Fe, ..., fo, fum! |
|
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| Word of disapprobation (3) |
|
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| Fee, ___, fo, fum (3) |
|
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| "Fee, ___, foe, fum..." (fairytale giant's cry) |
|
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| "Curses upon thee!" |
New York Times |
03 Jan 2024 |
| Archaic cry of disgust |
|
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| 'Merry Wives . . .' complaint |
|
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| "Fee, -, foe, fum!" |
|
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| Old cry of disgust |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Nov 2023 |
| Disapproving cry in Shakespeare's play |
|
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| Old interjection of disgust |
Wall Street Journal |
31 Oct 2023 |
| Quaint "Tsk, tsk!" |
|
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| "Fee, ___, foe, fum..." (fairy tale giant's cry) |
|
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| Giant syllable |
New York Times |
19 Aug 2023 |
| Giant's interjection heard by Jack |
Newsday |
18 Jun 2023 |
| "Fee, ___, foe, fum" |
Family Time |
16 Apr 2023 |
| "Curses!" |
LA Times Daily |
13 Apr 2023 |
| Old-fashioned oath |
Newsday |
23 Mar 2023 |
| Disgusted cry |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Feb 2023 |
| '___ upon thee, slanderer!': Desdemona |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Feb 2023 |
| "Fee, __, foe, fum" |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jan 2023 |
| Something the Giant said |
Newsday |
23 Dec 2022 |
| "Pshaw!" |
Premier Sunday |
18 Dec 2022 |
| Old cry of distaste |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Dec 2022 |
| Expression of distaste |
|
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| "Phooey!" of yore |
LA Times Daily |
10 Nov 2022 |
| One word from Jack's giant |
Family Time |
07 Nov 2022 |
| One word from Jack's giant |
Family Time |
25 Sep 2022 |
| "A pox upon thee!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Sep 2022 |
| 'Fee, __ foe, fum . . .' |
Newsday |
22 Jun 2022 |
| "Fee, ___, foe, fum..." (fairytale giant's cry) |
|
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| Quaint 'Tsk!' |
|
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| Quaint "Tsk!" |
LA Times Daily |
27 Apr 2022 |
| Expression of disapproval |
|
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| Outdated cry of disgust |
|
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| "Phooey!," to Shakespeare |
New York Times |
22 Mar 2022 |
| ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' exclamation |
Newsday |
30 Jan 2022 |
| Old-timey reproach |
New York Times |
23 Jan 2022 |
| Archaic cry of disgust |
|
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| Quaint word of revulsion |
LA Times Daily |
19 Dec 2021 |
| One word from Jack's giant |
Family Time |
05 Dec 2021 |
| “Bah!” |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Nov 2021 |
| 'Shame on thee!' |
|
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| "Shame on thee!" |
LA Times Daily |
10 Oct 2021 |
| 'Curses!' |
New York Times |
18 Jul 2021 |
| Expression of distaste |
|
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| Complaint from Hamlet |
Newsday |
29 May 2021 |
| Cry of disgust |
Wall Street Journal |
20 May 2021 |
| "A pox upon thee!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Apr 2021 |
| Quaint plaint |
Newsday |
14 Mar 2021 |
| Word from Jack's giant |
Family Time |
08 Mar 2021 |
| Old-timey cry of disgust |
New York Times |
17 Jan 2021 |
| “A pox on you!” |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jan 2021 |
| Dickensian expletive |
|
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| “Bah!” |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Oct 2020 |
| Expression of disapproval |
|
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| Old-fashioned "Bah!" |
|
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| Shakespeare's "For shame!" |
Universal |
24 Sep 2020 |
| Old cry of disgust |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Aug 2020 |
| Old cry of disgust |
|
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| "Fee- ___-foe-fum!" (giant's words) |
|
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| Archaic "For shame!" |
|
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| Quaint word of disapproval |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jun 2020 |
| Quaint word of disapproval |
|
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| Archaic "For shame!" |
|
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| Bard's ''Shame on you!'' |
Newsday |
01 May 2020 |
| Disapproving cry in a Shakespeare's play |
|
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| Shakespearean cry of disgust |
|
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| Shakespearean expression of disgust or shame |
|
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| 'A pox upon thee!' |
Eugene Sheffer |
12 Dec 2019 |
| Old cry of disgust |
|
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| Old cry of annoyance |
|
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| Shakespearean cry of disgust |
LA Times Daily |
27 Oct 2019 |
| Shakespearean cry of disgust |
|
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| Bygone cry of outrage |
New York Times |
15 Sep 2019 |
| 'Phooey!' |
Premier Sunday |
15 Sep 2019 |
| Quaint "Tsk!" |
LA Times Daily |
11 Sep 2019 |
| Quaint 'Tsk!' |
|
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| Quaint cry of disapproval |
|
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| 'A pox on you!' |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Aug 2019 |
| Shakespearean cry before 'What, are you mad?' |
New York Times |
09 Jul 2019 |
| Old-fashioned expression of disgust |
|
|
| Old-style 'Tsk!' |
|
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| Old-style "Tsk!" |
LA Times Daily |
03 May 2019 |
| Archaic 34-Down |
USA Today |
23 Jan 2019 |
| 'Pshaw!' |
Premier Sunday |
20 Jan 2019 |
| Disapproving cry of Shakespeare's characters |
|
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| Shakespearean cry before "What, are you mad?" |
|
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| Shakespearean cry of disgust |
|
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| Bygone cry of outrage |
|
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| "A pox on you!" |
|
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| Quaint "Tsk!" |
|
|
| Old-style "Tsk!" |
|
|
| Archaic 34-Down |
|
|
| Cry of disgust |
Universal |
19 Dec 2018 |
| Shakespeare's 'Phooey!' |
USA Today |
30 Nov 2018 |
| Cry of disgust |
|
|
| Yuck! |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Jul 2018 |
| Old-fashioned word of disapproval |
|
|
| Shakespearean shout |
Newsday |
19 May 2018 |
| 'Bah!' |
Wall Street Journal |
09 May 2018 |
| 'For shame!' |
|
|
| Old-style "Down with you!" |
Universal |
28 Mar 2018 |
| 'For shame!' |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Mar 2018 |
| A word from Jack's giant |
Family Time |
12 Mar 2018 |
| "Shame on thee!" (archaic exclamation) |
|
|
| Quaint 'For shame!' |
|
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| Quaint "For shame!" |
LA Times Daily |
14 Feb 2018 |
| Outdated cry |
|
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| "Bah!" |
|
|
| Cry of disgust |
|
|
| Old-style "Down with you!" |
|
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| Shakespeare's "Phooey!" |
|
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| "For shame!" |
|
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| Quaint "For shame!" |
|
|
| 5-5? Come on! |
The Telegraph Toughie |
28 Nov 2017 |
| Old-time oath |
Universal |
23 Oct 2017 |
| "Fee, ___, foe, fum" |
Family Time |
24 Sep 2017 |
| "Fee, ___, foe, fum!" |
|
|
| "A pox on thee!" |
Universal |
29 May 2017 |
| 'A pox on thee!' |
|
|
| Giant's word in a fairy tale |
Universal |
02 May 2017 |
| Expression of disap-proval |
|
|
| Archaic 'Curses!' |
Premier Sunday |
19 Feb 2017 |
| 'Bah!' |
Premier Sunday |
15 Jan 2017 |
| "A pox on you!" |
Universal |
09 Jan 2017 |
| Preceder of ''foe'' and ''fum'' |
Newsday |
03 Jan 2017 |
| "A pox on you!" |
|
|
| "A pox on thee!" |
|
|
| Old-time oath |
|
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| "A pox on thee!" |
|
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| Giant's word in a fairy tale |
|
|
| Quaint cry of disapproval |
New York Times |
25 Dec 2016 |
| 'Bah!' |
|
|
| ''Merry Wives . . .'' complaint |
Newsday |
29 Oct 2016 |
| Shakepearean "Phooey!" |
USA Today |
23 Oct 2016 |
| "Shame on thee!" |
LA Times Daily |
18 Sep 2016 |
| Quaint reproach |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Sep 2016 |
| Old-style "Tsk!" |
USA Today |
09 Sep 2016 |
| Quaint expletive |
Newsday |
19 Aug 2016 |
| "Fee, ___, fo, ..." |
Family Time |
15 Aug 2016 |
| 'For shame!' |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Jun 2016 |
| Expression of disgust |
|
|
| Quaint "Tsk, tsk!" |
LA Times Daily |
23 May 2016 |
| Disgusted word from Lady Macbeth |
LA Times Daily |
14 May 2016 |
| "Fee ___ foe fum" |
Universal |
16 Mar 2016 |
| "Yuck!" of yore |
Family Time |
14 Mar 2016 |
| Fairy-tale giant's word |
USA Today |
27 Jan 2016 |
| Giant's word in a fairy tale |
USA Today |
24 Jan 2016 |
| Old-time cry of disgust |
USA Today |
09 Jan 2016 |
| 'A pox upon thee!' |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Jan 2016 |
| Quaint cry of disapproval |
|
|
| "Shame on thee!" |
|
|
| "A pox upon thee!" |
|
|
| Shakepearean "Phooey!" |
|
|
| Old-time cry of disgust |
|
|
| Old-style "Tsk!" |
|
|
| Giant's word in a fairy tale |
|
|
| Fairy-tale giant's word |
|
|
| Disgusted word from Lady Macbeth |
|
|
| Quaint "Tsk, tsk!" |
|
|
| 'A pox on thee!' |
Eugene Sheffer |
31 Dec 2015 |
| Old-time oath |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Dec 2015 |
| Expression of disapproval |
Universal |
23 Nov 2015 |
| Old-fashioned 'Bah!' |
|
|
| 'A pox on you!' |
|
|
| Quaint complaint |
Newsday |
25 Sep 2015 |
| Giant syllable? |
Universal |
21 Sep 2015 |
| 'Bah!' |
New York Times |
01 Jun 2015 |
| "Pshaw!" |
LA Times Daily |
10 May 2015 |
| Old cry of disgust |
LA Times Daily |
05 Apr 2015 |
| "Fee, ___, foe, fum" |
USA Today |
20 Feb 2015 |
| "Fee, ___, foe . . ." |
USA Today |
15 Jan 2015 |
| Giant syllable? |
|
|
| Old cry of disgust |
|
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| Old cry of disgust |
|
|
| Quaint complaint |
|
|
| Quaint plaint |
|
|
| "Pshaw!" |
|
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| "A pox upon thee!" |
|
|
| "Fee, ___, foe, fum" |
|
|
| "Fee, ___, foe . . ." |
|
|
| "Bah!" |
|
|
| Expression of disapproval |
|
|
| Quaint cry of disapproval |
|
|
| Old-fashioned "Bah!" |
|
|
| Word from an infamous 24-Down |
|
|
| Archaic "Curses!" |
|
|
| Medieval interjection |
|
|
| Giant syllable |
|
|
| "Jack and the Beanstalk" exclamation |
|
|
| "King Lear" expletive |
|
|
| "Merchant of Venice" expletive |
|
|
| Interjection of disgust |
|
|
| Old-style "For shame!" |
|
|
| Outdated cry |
|
|
| Word from Jack's giant |
|
|
| "Fee, __, foe, fum" |
|
|
| "Jack and the Beanstalk" exclamation |
|
|
| "Fee, ___, foe ..." |
|
|
| Old cry of disapproval |
|
|
| Word from a giant |
|
|
| Old cry of disapproval |
|
|
| Part of a giant's exclamation |
|
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| Word from a giant |
|
|
| Part of a "Jack and the Beanstalk" exclamation |
|
|
| Outmoded oath |
|
|
| Part of a giant's exclamation |
|
|
| Archaic "Curses!" |
|
|
| "For shame!" |
|
|
| Old word of annoyance |
|
|
| "Bah!" |
|
|
| "Down with thee!" |
|
|
| 'Phooey!' |
|
|
| "Fee, ___, foe, fum" |
|
|
| "Jack and the Beanstalk" exclamation word |
|
|
| Old-timey "Screw that" |
|
|
| Old word of annoyance |
|
|
| "For shame!" |
|
|
| Disgusted cry |
|
|
| "Ptui!" |
|
|
| Archaic "For shame!" |
|
|
| Old-school word meaning "For shame!" |
|
|
| Old-time oath |
|
|
| "A pox on thee!" |
|
|
| Archaic "For shame!" |
|
|
| Cry of disapproval |
|
|
| "Fee, ___, foe, fum" |
|
|
| "For shame!" |
|
|
| Old expression of disgust |
|
|
| Old-fashioned word of disapproval |
|
|
| Old-fashioned word of disapproval |
|
|
| "What utter nonsense!" |
|
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| "Down with you!" |
|
|
| Old annoyed cry |
|
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| "For shame!" |
|
|
| Old expression of disgust |
|
|
| "A pox on you!" |
|
|
| Old annoyed cry |
|
|
| "For shame!" |
|
|
| "Bah!" relative |
|
|
| Disapproving cry |
|
|
| Exclamation of disapproval |
|
|
| Interjection of distaste |
|
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| Quaint cry of disgust |
|
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| Annoyed outburst |
|
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| Annoyed cry |
|
|
| Old cry of annoyance |
|
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| "For shame!" |
|
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| "Shame on you!" |
|
|
| Old cry of annoyance |
|
|
| "Tsk, tsk!" |
|
|
| Cry of disgust |
|
|
| Word of disgust |
|
|
| Disapproving cry |
|
|
| Interjection of annoyance |
|
|
| "Tsk, tsk!" |
|
|
| Old expletive |
|
|
| "Boo!" at the Globe |
|
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| "Phooey!" |
|
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| "Phooey!" |
|
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| Old-time oath |
|
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| 'Nonsense!' |
|
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| "Tush!" |
|
|
| Exclamation of yore |
|
|
| Word of disapproval |
|
|
| Word from a giant |
|
|
| Expression of disapproval |
|
|
| Archaic exclamation |
|
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| Cry of annoyance |
|
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| Fee follower |
|
|
| Exclamation of disgust |
|
|
| 'Bah!' |
|
|
| "A pox on you!" |
|
|
| 7 Down for Hamlet |
|
|
| Word of annoyance |
|
|
| "A pox upon thee!" |
|
|
| Word of annoyance |
|
|
| "For shame" |
|
|
| Sound of disapproval |
|
|
| "For shame!" |
|
|
| Interjection of disgust |
|
|
| "Tsk, tsk!" |
|
|
| "___ on Goodness" ("Camelot") |
|
|
| "Stop your foolishness!" |
|
|
| "Pooh!" |
|
|
| "Phooey!" |
|
|
| Quaint oath |
|
|
| Old-fashioned oath |
|
|
| Old-time exclamation |
|
|
| "Pshaw!" |
|
|
| "Bah!" |
|
|
| "What foolishness!" |
|
|
| Giant word? |
|
|
| Cry of distaste |
|
|
| Giant's interjection |
|
|
| Fairy-tale giant's word |
|
|
| "Shame on you" |
|
|
| Cry of distaste |
|
|
| Old-style cry of distaste |
|
|
| Shame! |
|
|
| Old-time exclamation |
|
|
| Expression of distaste |
|
|
| "Bah!" |
|
|
| Bit of mock reproach |
|
|
| 'Pshaw!' |
|
|
| Cousin of "Ugh!" |
|
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| "What rubbish!" |
|
|
| Old-time oath |
|
|
| "Phooey!" |
|
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| "Bah!" |
|
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| "Fee, __, fo, . . ." |
|
|
| Old-time exclamation |
|
|
| "Ugh", old-style |
|
|
| Bard's "Curses!" |
|
|
| "Jack and the Beanstalk" exclamation |
|
|
| Old-time word of reproach |
|
|
| Giant syllable |
|
|
| "For shame!" |
|
|
| "And shall I couple hell? O, ___!" (Hamlet) |
|
|
| Old-style cry of disgust |
|
|
| Medieval interjection |
|
|
| Old-style cry of distaste |
|
|
| "Fee, ____, foe . . ." |
|
|
| Outmoded oath |
|
|
| "Pooh!," once |
|
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| "Shame!" |
|
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| "Fee ___ foe fum" |
|
|
| Old expression of distaste |
|
|
| Word of annoyance |
|
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| "___ on Goodness" ("Camelot" number) |
|
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| Old expression of disgust |
|
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| Expression of disgust |
|
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| Pooh |
|
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| Medieval interjection |
|
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| Alternative to "Bah!" |
|
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| "Yuck!" of yore |
|
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| Old-style interjection |
|
|
| Word of reproach |
|
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| For shame! |
|
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| Shame on you! |
|
|
| Disapproving expression |
|
|
| Interjection of disapproval |
|
|
| Shakespearean exclamation |
|
|
| Old-fashioned curse word |
|
|
| Hag's cry |
|
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| "Shame!" |
|
|
| Hamlet's cry of distaste |
|
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| Hamlet's exclamation |
|
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| Tsk! |
|
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| For shame! |
|
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| "For shame" |
|
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| Cry of distaste |
|
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| Hamlet's cry of disgust |
|
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| Phooey's elegant relative |
|
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| Faugh! |
|
|
| Cry heard at Elsinore |
|
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| Pooh! |
|
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| "___, foh, and fum": Shak. |
|
|
| Shakespeare's "Phooey!" |
|
|
| "Shame on you!" |
|
|
| Exclamation |
|
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| Shame! |
|
|
| Old exclamation. |
|
|
| Passé exclamation. |
|
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| Word of reproach. |
|
|
| Ogre's word. |
|
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| Archaic exclamation. |
|
|
| Archaic reproach. |
|
|
| "Fee ___ foe fum" |
|
|
| "Thou pribbling hasty-witted moldwarp!" |
|
|
| "Tsk, tsk," old-style |
|
|
| Disgusted cry |
|
|
| Exclamation from Hamlet |
|
|
| Globe curse |
|
|
| Globe oath |
|
|
| Word of disapproval. |
|
|
| Cry of disgust. |
|
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| Tush! |
|
|
| Exclamation. |
|
|
| Tut-tut! |
|
|
| Tck-tck! |
|
|
| Tut tut! |
|
|
| Hamlet's cry. |
|
|
| Chiding exclamation. |
|
|
| Exclamation of contempt. |
|
|
| Curse at The Globe |
|
|
| Another old-time exclamation. |
|
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| How shocking! |
|
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| Old-fashioned exclamation. |
|
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