oojah slang

This was the last issued of the Oojah series.

It was usually spelled oojah and was thought to be of Hindustani origin.

The undated 1926 Annual features Oojah sitting on a stile wearing a hat.

Later annuals and comic strips name him 'Uncle Oojah'.

Oojah was an Elephant comic strip character as featured in the Daily Sketch Newspaper and various children's books.

Jerry's Jolly Jingles' featuring Jerry, Oojah's cousin, ran for another seven months.

Later Oojah Annuals featuring mostly the H. M. Talintyre artwork continued intermittently from the 1930s to the early 1950s.

The characters were revived from the Oojah series published in the Daily Sketch and written by their creator Flo Lancaster (Mrs. Edwardes-Jones).

The character name for the large elephant that came to be known simply as 'Oojah' is quoted as initially being 'Flip-Flap the Great Oojah'.

The 'Oojah House' book gives this description: 'FLIP-FLAP is a magic elephant who lives in a strange animal-country called Oojahland.

The cover states it was part of the 'Oojah Books' series which included a tracing book 'Baby Binky's Birthday' which did not feature Oojah.

Later, additional characters included Jerrywangle (aka Jerry), the Oojah's elephant nephew who was always up to mischief with his tricks, as well as Lord Lion and his family.

Other characters were Snooker, a small black cat who always wears bedsocks and lives with the Great Oojah and Don, a little boy who is the Little Oojah and the Jum-Jarum.

Further annuals and books were issued featuring Thomas Maybank's artwork including the 1927 'The Oojah's Treasure Trunk' (dated from the late 1926 competition ending date inside) and the 1928 issued 'Uncle Oojah's Big Annual' (dated from having a 1929 calendar throughout the book).