Solved cryptogram
Well, then, 'mimsy' is 'flimsy and miserable' (there's another portmanteau for you).
Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass, chapter 6.
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"And a long way beyond it on each side," Alice added.
"Exactly so. Well, then, 'mimsy' is 'flimsy and miserable' (there's another portmanteau for you). And a 'borogove' is a thin shabby-looking bird with its feathers sticking out all round - something like a live mop."
"And then 'mome raths'?" said Alice. "I'm afraid I'm giving you a great deal of trouble."
Text from the Project Gutenberg edition, which is in the public domain in the United States.
- Written byLewis Carroll
- Taken fromThrough the Looking-Glass
- Difficultymedium
- Length63 letters, 18 unique
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