All 6 Uses of
filibuster
in
Harry Potter (#2) and the Chamber of Secrets
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- In Gambol and Japes Wizarding Joke Shop, they met Fred, George, and Lee Jordan, who were stocking up on Dr. Filibuster's Fabulous Wet-Start, No-Heat Fireworks, and in a tiny junk shop full of bro ken wands, lopsided brass scales, and old cloaks covered in potion stains they found Percy, deeply immersed in a small and deeply boring book called Prefects Who Gained Power.
Chpt 4filibuster = a name
- Fred and George rounded off the evening with a display of Filibuster fireworks; they filled the kitchen with red and blue stars that bounced from ceiling to wall for at least half an hour.†
Chpt 5
- He barely had time to wonder when he'd see it again when they were back George had forgotten his box of Filibuster fireworks.
Chpt 5 *filibuster = a name
- The firelight glowed over the countless squashy armchairs where people sat reading, talking, doing homework or, in the case of Fred and George Weasley, trying to find out what would happen if you fed a Filibuster firework to a salamander.
Chpt 8
- Harry ducked swiftly down behind his cauldron, pulled one of Fred's Filibuster fireworks out of his pocket, and gave it a quick prod with his wand.
Chpt 11
- They played Exploding Snap, set off the very last of Fred and George's Filibuster fireworks, and practiced disarming each other by magic.
Chpt 18
Definition:
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely (and in classic literature) filibuster can refer to a mercenary soldier.