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- What animal are Wombles?
- How old are the Wombles?
- What is a Womble in British slang?
- What are the Wombles called?
- Was Tobermory a Womble?
- Was Orinoco a Womble?
- Which Elisabeth created the Wombles?
- Was Alderney a Womble?
- What is a goomba in Italian?
- What does it mean by wobbling?
- What is a Minger in the UK?
- Is Bungo a Womble?
- Are the Wombles named after places?
- Is Wimbledon Common real?
What animal are Wombles?
Wombles are essentially burrowing animals. Beresford's original book describes them as "a bit like teddy bears to look at but they have real claws and live beneath Wimbledon Common". As they mostly live in long-established burrows, they rarely use their claws even for digging.
How old are the Wombles?
A Womble's life span, unlike a raccoon's, may be as long as 300 years (the Womble song Minuetto Allegretto refers to Great Uncle Bulgaria as being a lad in 1780: you do the maths). This may explain how Great Uncle Bulgaria beat Britain's fascistic immigration system.
What is a Womble in British slang?
noun. British. A fictional animal inhabiting Wimbledon Common in London, characterized as clearing up litter. 'The English National Opera has embraced a tradition stretching from Wat Tyler to the Wombles. '
What are the Wombles called?
The Wombles' names were Wellington, Orinoco, Tobermory, Tomsk and Madame Cholet.
Was Tobermory a Womble?
What are the Wombles called? The seven best-known Wombles appear throughout most of the books and TV programmes: Great Uncle Bulgaria (old and wise – his full name is Bulgaria Coburg Womble) Tobermory (handyman)
Was Orinoco a Womble?
Rather chubby, somewhat lazy and sometimes greedy, Orinoco is still the most loveable of all the young Wombles because his motives are so very basic. He has a great air of innocence which prevents his habits from being annoying to others.
Which Elisabeth created the Wombles?
Elisabeth Beresford, the creator of The Wombles, has died, her family have announced. Born in 1926, she passed away on Christmas Eve in the Mignot Memorial Hospital, in Alderney in the Channel Islands, according to her son. Her creations featured in a series of books as well as a TV series.
Was Alderney a Womble?
Alderney was one of the original wombles from the books, but did not join the other main wombles on television until the 1990's television series.
What is a goomba in Italian?
Definition of goombah
1 informal : a close friend or associate —used especially among Italian-American men. 2 informal + disparaging : a member of a secret chiefly Italian-American crime organization : mafioso broadly : gangster.
What does it mean by wobbling?
1a : to move or proceed with an irregular rocking or staggering motion or unsteadily and clumsily from side to side. b : tremble, quaver. 2 : waver, vacillate. transitive verb. : to cause to wobble.
What is a Minger in the UK?
noun British Slang. an ugly, unpleasant, or smelly person or thing.
Is Bungo a Womble?
Bungo is an excitable young Womble who can be rather bossy and obnoxious at times. He is bursting with clever ideas and not one to let pass the opportunity to offer an option.
Are the Wombles named after places?
The Wombles may famously be 'of' Wimbledon Common, but each Womble is also connected to somewhere else in the world, by their names. Creator Elizabeth Beresford named almost all of the Wombles after places: hence Great Uncle Bulgaria, Orinoco (as in the river), Tobermory (as in the town in the Hebrides) and so forth.
Is Wimbledon Common real?
Wimbledon Common is a large open space in Wimbledon, southwest London. There are three named areas: Wimbledon Common, Putney Heath, and Putney Lower Common, which together are managed under the name Wimbledon and Putney Commons totalling 460 hectares (1,140 acres).
