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feeds
Findow
feeds Among the words featured as part of
tongue-twisting text—in Oh Say Can You Say
feet 1: Among the things about which
questions are asked—in The Cat’s Quizzer
2: Among the things cited as associated with
a state of being “up”—in Great Day for Up
3: Subject the different particularities, contexts,
and conditions of which constitute the
overall coverage of the text—in The Foot Book
4: Parts of the body of Pete that were, it is
suggested, left to be supplied—in I Can Draw
It Myself 5: Parts of the body the narrator
says tickling will not cause him to leave his
bed—in I Am NOT Going to Get Up Today!
6: Among the various kinds and descriptions
of fish (“Some have two feet / . . . and
some have more”) cited—in One Fish Two Fish
Red Fish Blue Fish See also: foot; horse feet
Fen, Finnigan Location near which the
Hoop-Soup-Snoop Group it is said “walks a-
la-hoop”—in Dr. Seuss’s Sleep Book
ferris wheels Among the things cited as
associated with a state of being “up”—in
Great Day for Up
Fibbel Creature it is said “will carry the
Flummox’s tail,” as part of Circus
McGurkus’s Parade-of-Parades—in If I
Ran the Circus
Fiddlers, Royal Members of King Derwin’s
palace staff found to be “stuck to their royal
fiddles” by the oobleck—in Bartholomew and
the Oobleck
Fiffer-feffer-feff Creature cited (as part of
a phrase) in providing examples of the use of
the letter F/f—in Dr. Seuss’s ABC
fifteen cents Sum which (together with “a
nail / and the shell of a great-great-great- /
grandfather snail”) it is said must be tossed
into the Once-ler’s “tin pail” to hear from
him “how the Lorax was lifted away”—in
The Lorax
figger Seussian rendering of “figure” (devised
to rhyme with “jigger”)—in The Butter
Battle Book
figgering Seussian rendering of “figuring”
(devised to rhyme with Seussian expression
“biggering”)—in The Lorax
fight Among the words featured for use as
part of a phrase or sentence—in Hop on Pop
figures and figuring Numbers and their
arithmetic use that are the song’s subject—in
“I Can Figure Figures,” as part of The Cat in
the Hat Song Book
filla-ma-dills Decorative elements that
were, it is suggested, left to be supplied on
hats—in I Can Draw It Myself
Finagle the Agent “A wheeler and dealer,
who knew every trick,” and who undertook
the commercial representation of Mayzie
McGrew and her daisy—in Daisy-Head
Mayzie
Finch, Mop-Noodled Among the birds
seen by Peter T. Hooper while searching for
eggs, but which it proved “weren’t laying
that day”—in Scrambled Eggs Super!
Finch the Florist Among the persons who
rushed to Mayzie McGrew’s school upon
hearing the news of her problem—in Daisy-
Head Mayzie
Find Out, Try and Characterization of
what, “When love is in doubt,” is said to be
“The job of a daisy”—in Daisy-Head Mayzie
Findow Creature said by the narrator to be
found “in my window”—in There’s a Wocket
in My Pocket!
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