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* '''bulk:''' the belly, trunk or body; any huge body or mass; the thickness of paper; the thickness of a book without its covers
 
* '''bulk:''' the belly, trunk or body; any huge body or mass; the thickness of paper; the thickness of a book without its covers
  
* '''Buckley''' → How Buckley Shot the Russian General: [[Page_338|FW 338]] - [[Page_355|FW 355]]
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* '''Buckley''' → How Buckley Shot the Russian General: [[Page_338|FW 338]] - [[Page_355|355]]
 
** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160130&q1=bulk Third Census of Finnegans Wake]
 
** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160130&q1=bulk Third Census of Finnegans Wake]

Revision as of 10:10, 13 December 2006

  • the flat of his back
  • flat on his back
  • flounder: a kind of flatfish
  • flounder: to struggle with awkward movements; to stumble helplessly
  • founder: (of a building) to collapse in ruins; (of a ship) to sink; (of a horse) to stumble or go lame; to stick in mud
  • bulk: the belly, trunk or body; any huge body or mass; the thickness of paper; the thickness of a book without its covers