wuxtry

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A form of extra — Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

interjection
  1. alternativedateddialectalslangAlternative form of extra (“the cry of a newspaper-seller”).

    Wuxtry! Wuxtry! Negro threatened by lynch mob!

    1969, Waters Edward Turpin, These low grounds, page 337
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    Then outside my humble dwelling / Comes a strident brazen call, / "Wuxtry, Wuxtry!" / hear the yell, / "Two more churches shot to hell!"

    1915, Elizabeth W. Champney, Romance of Old Belgium, from Cæsar to Kaiser, page 407

    When I got to the corner, I heard the boy calling "Wuxtry". He was walking slowly down the side street, pausing to hand out papers to people who came out of their houses.

    1940, R. L. Goldman, The Snatch, page 108

    Wuxtry! Wuxtry! Read all about blazing man of fire!

    1994, Kurt Busiek, Marvels: Book One, page 6
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APA

wuxtry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wuxtry

MLA

“wuxtry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wuxtry. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wuxtry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wuxtry.

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