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brobdingnagian
/ˌbɹɒbdɪŋˈnaɡɪən/
adj 3noun 2
Collocations
3ADJ.
armed
BROBDINGNAGIAN + NOUN
mellin, needle, species, th, whalebone
PREP.
with
Definitions
adj
1
Of or pertaining to Brobdingnag.
2
Enormous, huge, far larger than is customary for such a thing.
When, at the head-centre, the lady demonstrator, armed with a Brobdingnagian whalebone needle, threaded with a bright red cord, executed herringboned fantasias on a canvas frame resembling a violin stand, it all looked easy enough.
The two men followed Madame de Vaurigard into a square hall, hung with tapestries and lit by two candles of a Brobdingnagian species Mellin had heretofore seen only in cathedrals.
noun
1
A creature from Brobdingnag.
2
A giant.
adj
1
Alternative letter-case form of Brobdingnagian.
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When, at the head-centre, the lady demonstrator, armed with a Brobdingnagian whalebone needle, threaded with a bright red cord, executed herringboned fantasias on a canvas frame resembling a violin st
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The two men followed Madame de Vaurigard into a square hall, hung with tapestries and lit by two candles of a Brobdingnagian species Mellin had heretofore seen only in cathedrals.
Wiktionary03
The faster trains, such as the "Talisman" and the 9 a.m., load to no more than nine coaches; but while it was certainly great fun to clock the work of the Gresley Pacifics with Brobdingnagian loads th
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