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 Brobdingnag.Brocken. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Brobdingnag’ian.
 
Colossal; tall as a church steeple. (See above.)   1
        “Limbs of Brobdingnagian proportions.”—The Star.
 


 Brobdingnag.Brocken. 

 
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