L. Frank Baum

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L. Frank Baum

3 Quotations from L. Frank Baum

food pill n. [1919 L. F. Baum Magic of Oz xxi. 237 It so happened that Professor Wogglebug…carelessly invented a Square-Meal Tablet, which was no bigger than your little finger-nail but contained, in condensed form, the equal of a bowl of soup, a portion of fried fish, a roast, a salad and a dessert, all of which gave the same nourishment as a square meal.]
meat puppet n. 2 [1918 L. F. Baum Tin Woodman of Oz iii. 43 ‘Were the Scarecrow and I alone,’ said the Tin Woodman, ‘we would travel by night as well as by day; but with a meat person in our party, we must halt at night to permit him to rest.’]
meat puppet n. 2 [1900 L. F. Baum The Wonderful Wizard of Oz vi. 68 ‘He is my dog, Toto,’ answered Dorothy. ‘Is he made of tin, or stuffed?’ asked the Lion. ‘Neither. He’s a—a—a meat dog,’ said the girl.]