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Webster 1913 Edition


Fee-faw-fum

Feeˊ-fawˊ-fum′

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Noun.
A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres; hence, any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant.
“Impudent fee-faw-fums.”
J. H. Newman.

Definition 2024


fee-faw-fum

fee-faw-fum

English

Noun

fee-faw-fum (plural fee-faw-fums)

  1. A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres.
  2. (by extension) Any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant.
    • J. H. Newman
      Impudent fee-faw-fums.