Difference between revisions of "The flounder of his bulk"
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* '''flounder:''' to struggle with awkward movements; to stumble helplessly | * '''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 | + | * '''founder:''' (of a building) to collapse in ruins → presumably the tower of Bable [[Overgrown babeling]]; (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 | * '''bulk:''' the belly, trunk or body; any huge body or mass; the thickness of paper; the thickness of a book without its covers | ||
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* '''Buckley''' → How Buckley Shot the Russian General: [[Page_338|FW 338]] - [[Page_355|355]] | * '''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] | ||
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| + | *'''Father:''' the founder of his family; connected to [[Overgrown babeling]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:05, 15 July 2012
- 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 → presumably the tower of Bable Overgrown babeling; (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
- Father: the founder of his family; connected to Overgrown babeling
