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Meanings of brobdingnagian in English

Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope.

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Imaginary place.

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Examples for "imaginary place"
Examples for "imaginary place"
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He describes Malgudi, an imaginary place; and how he pictures the town.
The new yorker
2
But I'm still not sure, is it a real or imaginary place?It's real.
The Irish Times
3
In the lingo, this imaginary place is known as the Metaverse.
Snow Crash
4
Being an artist is about creating an imaginary place and soundscape.
The Guardian
5
Golden Hall is not an imaginary place, except in name.
Etiquette
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For years, Omey Island seemed a near- mythical place to me.
The Irish Times
2
Letter from Lake Naivasha: The Bell Inn holds a mythical place in Happy Valley history.
The Irish Times
3
A mythical place in a street car where many are called but few are chosen.
The Silly Syclopedia / A Terrible Thing in the Form of a Literar...
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As she flew away to this mythical place, Damien told LaShunda's mother, I have to go get her.
Ebony
5
This portrayal of a coercive, controlling, abusive relationship seems to have stunned middle England, that mythical place halfway between Hampstead and Surrey.
The Guardian
Usage of brobdingnagian in English
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This brobdingnagian contraption is called, not surprisingly, the Giant Swiss Army Knife.
Wired
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The imperial sailors were distinguished by their uniforms of a large blue and white check, suggesting the pinafores of a brobdingnagian baby.
Rezanov
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Brobdingnagian compression units sent a volley of solvitriol bombs into the air.
The last page
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The fancy conjures up a Brobdingnagian wheat-field partially cut in the green stage.
In the Heart of the Vosges and Other Sketches by a "Devious Trav...
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It's all heraldic crests and huge portals, especially on the Brobdingnagian main square.
The Guardian
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He stood before the largest passage yet in a cave of Brobdingnagian proportions.
Blind descent: the quest to discover the deepest place on earth
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Such a cooking apparatus as might have graced a Brobdingnagian kitchen.
The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales
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He had no difficulty in recognizing Susy's peculiarly Brobdingnagian school-girl hand.
Clarence
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To announce it is to invite gasps or Brobdingnagian laughter.
Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil
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He heaved a Brobdingnagian sigh of relief when they finished.
The Plastic Age
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When Grildrig was nearly drowned in the Brobdingnagian cream-jug he doubtless thought it very deep.
Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2
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And he rumbled and thundered again with Brobdingnagian mirth.
Tramping on Life / An Autobiographical Narrative
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A Brobdingnagian goes down as easily as a Liliputian.
Around the Tea-Table
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Altogether his story was of the Brobdingnagian type.
Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations /...
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At the swelling thought, his chest became Brobdingnagian.
A Chair on the Boulevard
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Stranded tanks have an appearance of Brobdingnagian helplessness.
My Second Year of the War
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Brobdingnagian through the time