Brobdignagian
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The room is empty, but for three Brobdignagian bouquets of white roses.
From The Guardian • Apr. 22, 2018
We quaffed coffee out of cups which were perfectly of the Brobdignagian calibre; and the bread had the lightness and sweetness of cake.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
One is reminded of Gulliver's accident in the Brobdignagian cream-pot.
From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 by Gilfillan, George
Brobdignagian; We Lilliputians must not stand by you!
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 554, June 30, 1832 by Various
Could we possibly expect, that Gulliver should love the Brobdignagian wasp that buzzed round his cake, and prevented him from eating his breakfast?
From Practical Education, Volume I by Edgeworth, Maria