9 Seuss Dictionary - JohnThurlow.com

oxing glove spears
Brickel bush
of tongue-twisting texts—in Fox in Socks
2: Container asked about, as possibly being
one within which to like and/or eat the food
treated of—in Green Eggs and Ham 3: Container
said to have been produced by the Cat
for the playing of his Fun-in-a-Box game—in
The Cat in the Hat See also: fox box; Grox
Box
boxing glove spears Weapons used for their
“roust-about-joust” by Circus McGurkus’s
Tournament Knights—in If I Ran the Circus
box socks, Gox Stockings the narrator says
he wears when boxing with his Gox—in One
Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
boys Among the persons cited as associated
with a state of being “up”—in Great Day
for Up
Boy Scouts One of the organizations about
which questions are asked—in The Cat’s
Quizzer
Boys in the Back Room Characterization
of the Chief Yookeroo’s weapons-planning
group—in The Butter Battle Book
bragging Action central to the story’s
development—in “The Big Brag,” as part of
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
BRAIN NEST, TOP-EST SECRET-EST
Sign on the entrance of the working area of
the Chief Yookeroo’s Bright Back Room
Boys—in The Butter Battle Book
brass band 1: Among the things (“You’ll
only waste your money / if you hire a big
brass band.”) the narrator says will not cause
him to leave his bed—in I Am NOT Going to
Get Up Today! 2: Musical group Marco fantasizes
about seeing pulled in a vehicle—in
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
Bray Among the names cited as possibly
being that of the reader—in Oh, the Places
You’ll Go!
Brazil Among the countries the worm,
ridiculing the boastfulness of Mr. Rabbit and
Mr. Bear, says it has seen across, thus declaring
possession of an ability of sight superior
to their hearing and sense of smell—in “The
Big Brag,” as part of Yertle the Turtle and
Other Stories
Bread Spreaders Characters who are said
to “spread butters on breads”—in Oh Say
Can You Say
Break, Better Among the things cited
(“Waiting for . . . a Better Break”) as reasons
for people being at the Waiting Place—in Oh,
the Places You’ll Go!
breakfast Meal the narrator rejects (“Give
my egg back to the hen.”)—in I Am NOT
Going to Get Up Today!
break-necking Seussian expression of
“neck-breaking”—in Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
breaks Among the words featured as part
of tongue-twisting texts—in Fox in Socks
Breezy Trapeezing Characterization of the
aerial action of Circus McGurkus’s Zoom-a-
Zoop Troupe—in If I Ran the Circus
Brenig Lag One of the forwarding points
of Peeping Jack’s letter to Lady Mitzi—in The
Seven Lady Godivas
brick and bricks Among the words featured
as part of tongue-twisting texts—in Fox
in Socks
Brickel bush Shrub that provided the narrator
a hiding place from the “spooky pale
green pants / With nobody inside ’em”—in
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